diff --git a/railties/Rakefile b/railties/Rakefile
index 52175a8949..23f9603b65 100644
--- a/railties/Rakefile
+++ b/railties/Rakefile
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ end
 # Run application generator -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 task :create_rails do
-  require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'rails', 'generators')
+  $LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/lib"
+  require 'rails/generators'
   require 'rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator'
   Rails::Generators::AppGenerator.start [ File.basename(PKG_DESTINATION), "--quiet" ],
                                         :destination_root => File.expand_path(File.dirname(PKG_DESTINATION))
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
index 0419a4e36c..471eb45ee6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-activesupport_path = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../activesupport/lib"
+activesupport_path = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../../activesupport/lib"
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(activesupport_path) if File.directory?(activesupport_path)
 require 'active_support'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'