diff --git a/bin/rails b/bin/rails
index 853b1d75f9..4a74726e9b 100755
--- a/bin/rails
+++ b/bin/rails
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-require 'rails/cli'
+begin
+  require "rails/cli"
+rescue LoadError
+  railties_path = File.expand_path('../../railties/lib', __FILE__)
+  $:.unshift(railties_path)
+  require "rails/cli"
+end