diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
index b26300e024..6f154fe52d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class ScaffoldGenerator < Rails::Generator::NamedBase
       m.directory(File.join('app/controllers', controller_class_path))
       m.directory(File.join('app/helpers', controller_class_path))
       m.directory(File.join('app/views', controller_class_path, controller_file_name))
+      m.directory(File.join('app/views/layouts', controller_class_path))
       m.directory(File.join('test/functional', controller_class_path))
       m.directory(File.join('test/unit', class_path))