diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index e902205a13..20e3de32aa 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ module Rails
         raise "YAML syntax error occurred while parsing #{paths["config/database"].first}. " \
               "Please note that YAML must be consistently indented using spaces. Tabs are not allowed. " \
               "Error: #{e.message}"
+      rescue => e
+        raise e, "Cannot load `Rails.application.database_configuration`:\n#{e.message}", e.backtrace
       end
 
       def log_level