diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index 9cbda6649d..c8648d19f8 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -122,10 +122,15 @@ module Rails
     end
 
     def vendor
+      vendor_javascripts
       vendor_stylesheets
       vendor_plugins
     end
 
+    def vendor_javascripts
+      empty_directory_with_gitkeep "vendor/assets/javascripts"
+    end
+
     def vendor_stylesheets
       empty_directory_with_gitkeep "vendor/assets/stylesheets"
     end