diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
index 6ed6adcf1b40b..564fda3c49bd9 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
 end
 
-<% if full? && !options[:skip_active_record] -%>
+<% if full? && !options[:skip_active_record] && !options[:skip_test_unit] -%>
 APP_RAKEFILE = File.expand_path("../<%= dummy_path -%>/Rakefile", __FILE__)
 load 'rails/tasks/engine.rake'
 <% end %>
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb
index b62bd4b131ae7..5c61f4c4e66b9 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ def test_generating_test_files_in_full_mode
     assert_file "test/integration/navigation_test.rb", /ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest/
   end
 
+  def test_generating_test_files_in_full_mode_without_unit_test_files
+    run_generator [destination_root, "-T", "--full"]
+
+    assert_no_directory "test/integration/"
+    assert_no_file "test"
+    assert_no_match(/APP_RAKEFILE/, File.read(File.join(destination_root, "Rakefile")))
+  end
+
   def test_ensure_that_plugin_options_are_not_passed_to_app_generator
     FileUtils.cd(Rails.root)
     assert_no_match(/It works from file!.*It works_from_file/, run_generator([destination_root, "-m", "lib/template.rb"]))