diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 649bd72bd5..d95c0ce75d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ module Rails
     def run_tasks_blocks(app) #:nodoc:
       railties.each { |r| r.run_tasks_blocks(app) }
       super
-      require "rails/tasks"
+      load "rails/tasks.rb"
       task :environment do
         ActiveSupport.on_load(:before_initialize) { config.eager_load = config.rake_eager_load }
 
diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
index 9cb908d12f..fdb4da55e2 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert_equal ["Rails version"], rails("about").scan(/^Rails version/)
     end
 
+    test "tasks can invoke framework tasks via Rails::Command.invoke" do
+      add_to_config <<~RUBY
+        rake_tasks do
+          task :invoke_about do
+            Rails::Command.invoke :about
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      assert_match(/^Rails version/, rails("invoke_about"))
+    end
+
     test "task backtrace is silenced" do
       add_to_config <<-RUBY
         rake_tasks do