diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md
index 02f7e8ebd2..1a148db2c5 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.md
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.md
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ defaults to `:debug` for all environments. The available log levels are: `:debug
 
 * `config.middleware` allows you to configure the application's middleware. This is covered in depth in the [Configuring Middleware](#configuring-middleware) section below.
 
+* `config.rake_eager_load` when `true`, eager load the application when running Rake tasks. Defaults to `false`.
+
 * `config.reload_classes_only_on_change` enables or disables reloading of classes only when tracked files change. By default tracks everything on autoload paths and is set to `true`. If `config.cache_classes` is `true`, this option is ignored.
 
 * `config.credentials.content_path` configures lookup path for encrypted credentials.
diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG.md b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bd2037ac9..61b7b98c83 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+*   Allow configuration of eager_load behaviour for rake environment:
+
+        `config.rake_eager_load`
+
+    Defaults to `false` as per previous behaviour.
+
+    *Thierry Joyal*
+
 *   Ensure Rails migration generator respects system-wide primary key config
 
     When rails is configured to use a specific primary key type:
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 29b13f3e7a..b831fc64b9 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ module Rails
       super
       require "rails/tasks"
       task :environment do
-        ActiveSupport.on_load(:before_initialize) { config.eager_load = false }
+        ActiveSupport.on_load(:before_initialize) { config.eager_load = config.rake_eager_load }
 
         require_environment!
       end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index 635b14d037..f22b47124a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module Rails
                     :beginning_of_week, :filter_redirect, :x, :enable_dependency_loading,
                     :read_encrypted_secrets, :log_level, :content_security_policy_report_only,
                     :content_security_policy_nonce_generator, :content_security_policy_nonce_directives,
-                    :require_master_key, :credentials, :disable_sandbox, :add_autoload_paths_to_load_path
+                    :require_master_key, :credentials, :disable_sandbox, :add_autoload_paths_to_load_path,
+                    :rake_eager_load
 
       attr_reader :encoding, :api_only, :loaded_config_version, :autoloader
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ module Rails
         @disable_sandbox                         = false
         @add_autoload_paths_to_load_path         = true
         @feature_policy                          = nil
+        @rake_eager_load                         = false
       end
 
       # Loads default configurations. See {the result of the method for each version}[https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#results-of-config-load-defaults].
diff --git a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
index 827a0fdca1..a8084e4acc 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
@@ -2487,6 +2487,20 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert Rails.configuration.disable_sandbox
     end
 
+    test "rake_eager_load is false by default" do
+      app "development"
+      assert_equal false,  Rails.application.config.rake_eager_load
+    end
+
+    test "rake_eager_load is set correctly" do
+      add_to_config <<-RUBY
+        config.root = "#{app_path}"
+        config.rake_eager_load = true
+      RUBY
+
+      assert_equal true, Rails.application.config.rake_eager_load
+    end
+
     private
       def force_lazy_load_hooks
         yield # Tasty clarifying sugar, homie! We only need to reference a constant to load it.
diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
index e8456e8c19..c7255f5d4c 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert_match "Hello world", output
     end
 
-    def test_should_not_eager_load_model_for_rake
+    def test_should_not_eager_load_model_for_rake_when_rake_eager_load_is_false
       add_to_config <<-RUBY
         rake_tasks do
           task do_nothing: :environment do
@@ -117,6 +117,29 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert_match "There is nothing", output
     end
 
+    def test_should_eager_load_model_for_rake_when_rake_eager_load_is_true
+      add_to_config <<-RUBY
+        rake_tasks do
+          task do_something: :environment do
+            puts "Answer: " + Hello::TEST.to_s
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      add_to_env_config "production", <<-RUBY
+        config.rake_eager_load = true
+      RUBY
+
+      app_file "app/models/hello.rb", <<-RUBY
+        class Hello
+          TEST = 42
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      output = Dir.chdir(app_path) { `bin/rails do_something RAILS_ENV=production` }
+      assert_equal "Answer: 42\n", output
+    end
+
     def test_code_statistics_sanity
       assert_match "Code LOC: 32     Test LOC: 0     Code to Test Ratio: 1:0.0",
         rails("stats")