diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
index b00a7899746de..23a3a73a7fe6e 100644
--- a/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake
@@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ namespace :db do
       ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.each_value do |config|
         # Skip entries that don't have a database key
         next unless config['database']
-        # Only connect to local databases
-        local_database?(config) { drop_database(config) }
+        begin
+          # Only connect to local databases
+          local_database?(config) { drop_database(config) }
+        rescue Exception => e
+          puts "Couldn't drop #{config['database']} : #{e.inspect}"
+        end
       end
     end
   end