diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/paths.rb b/railties/lib/rails/paths.rb
index 7a65188a9a..d303212f52 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/paths.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/paths.rb
@@ -116,36 +116,20 @@ module Rails
         @paths.concat paths
       end
 
-      def autoload_once!
-        @autoload_once = true
-      end
+      %w(autoload_once eager_load autoload load_path).each do |m|
+        class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
+          def #{m}!
+            @#{m} = true
+          end
 
-      def autoload_once?
-        @autoload_once
-      end
+          def skip_#{m}!
+            @#{m} = false
+          end
 
-      def eager_load!
-        @eager_load = true
-      end
-
-      def eager_load?
-        @eager_load
-      end
-
-      def autoload!
-        @autoload = true
-      end
-
-      def autoload?
-        @autoload
-      end
-
-      def load_path!
-        @load_path = true
-      end
-
-      def load_path?
-        @load_path
+          def #{m}?
+            @#{m}
+          end
+        RUBY
       end
 
       def paths
diff --git a/railties/test/paths_test.rb b/railties/test/paths_test.rb
index 008247cb1a..80fae8c543 100644
--- a/railties/test/paths_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/paths_test.rb
@@ -118,13 +118,23 @@ class PathsTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_raise(RuntimeError) { @root << "/biz"      }
   end
 
-  test "it is possible to add a path that should be loaded only once" do
+  test "it is possible to add a path that should be autoloaded only once" do
     @root.app = "/app"
     @root.app.autoload_once!
     assert @root.app.autoload_once?
     assert @root.autoload_once.include?(@root.app.paths.first)
   end
 
+  test "it is possible to remove a path that should be autoloaded only once" do
+    @root.app = "/app"
+    @root.app.autoload_once!
+    assert @root.app.autoload_once?
+
+    @root.app.skip_autoload_once!
+    assert !@root.app.autoload_once?
+    assert !@root.autoload_once.include?(@root.app.paths.first)
+  end
+
   test "it is possible to add a path without assignment and specify it should be loaded only once" do
     @root.app "/app", :autoload_once => true
     assert @root.app.autoload_once?
@@ -152,13 +162,23 @@ class PathsTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 2, @root.autoload_once.size
   end
 
-  test "it is possible to mark a path as eager" do
+  test "it is possible to mark a path as eager loaded" do
     @root.app = "/app"
     @root.app.eager_load!
     assert @root.app.eager_load?
     assert @root.eager_load.include?(@root.app.paths.first)
   end
 
+  test "it is possible to skip a path from eager loading" do
+    @root.app = "/app"
+    @root.app.eager_load!
+    assert @root.app.eager_load?
+
+    @root.app.skip_eager_load!
+    assert !@root.app.eager_load?
+    assert !@root.eager_load.include?(@root.app.paths.first)
+  end
+
   test "it is possible to add a path without assignment and mark it as eager" do
     @root.app "/app", :eager_load => true
     assert @root.app.eager_load?