diff --git a/railties/lib/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
index f22e34c7dc1fa..637fe7431394f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
@@ -536,9 +536,7 @@ def initialize_i18n
     end
 
     def initialize_metal
-      Dir["#{configuration.root_path}/app/metal/*.rb"].each do |file|
-        configuration.middleware.use(File.basename(file, '.rb').camelize)
-      end
+      configuration.middleware.use Rails::Rack::Metal
     end
 
     # Initializes framework-specific settings for each of the loaded frameworks
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb b/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
index 8dfbedad90cf6..77d00ab09175b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 module Rails
   module Rack
     class Metal
+      def self.new(app)
+        apps = Dir["#{Rails.root}/app/metal/*.rb"].map do |file|
+          File.basename(file, '.rb').camelize.constantize
+        end
+        apps << app
+        ::Rack::Cascade.new(apps)
+      end
+
       NotFound = lambda { |env|
         [404, {"Content-Type" => "text/html"}, "Not Found"]
       }
-
-      def self.call(env)
-        new(NotFound).call(env)
-      end
-
-      def initialize(app)
-        @app = app
-      end
-
-      def call(env)
-        @app.call(env)
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/metal/templates/metal.rb b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/metal/templates/metal.rb
index 39487263dfd16..e94982b69ac0d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/metal/templates/metal.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/components/metal/templates/metal.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Allow the metal piece to run in isolation
 require(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../config/environment") unless defined?(Rails)
 
-class <%= class_name %> < Rails::Rack::Metal
-  def call(env)
+class <%= class_name %>
+  def self.call(env)
     if env["PATH_INFO"] =~ /^\/<%= file_name %>/
-      [200, {"Content-Type" => "text/html"}, "Hello, World!"]
+      [200, {"Content-Type" => "text/html"}, ["Hello, World!"]]
     else
-      super
+      [404, {"Content-Type" => "text/html"}, ["Not Found"]]
     end
   end
 end