diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/test.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/test.rb.tt
index 44c9a0aeaf..e186e37754 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/test.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/test.rb.tt
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Turn false under Spring and add config.action_view.cache_template_loading = true
   config.cache_classes = true
 
-  # Do not eager load code on boot. This avoids loading your whole application
-  # just for the purpose of running a single test. If you are using a tool that
-  # preloads Rails for running tests, you may have to set it to true.
-  config.eager_load = false
+  # Eager loading loads your whole application. When running a single test locally,
+  # this probably isn't necessary. It's a good idea to do in a continuous integration
+  # system, or in some way before deploying your code.
+  config.eager_load = ENV["CI"].present?
 
   # Configure public file server for tests with Cache-Control for performance.
   config.public_file_server.enabled = true