diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index e60429274f..fc746b2476 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module Rails
 
     def version_control
       if !options[:skip_git] && !options[:pretend]
-        run "git init", capture: options[:quiet]
+        run "git init", capture: options[:quiet], abort_on_failure: false
       end
     end