diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index f2b527ac07863..93d6c1f8271fe 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def test
     end
 
     def tmp
-      empty_directory_with_gitkeep "tmp"
+      empty_directory_with_gitkeep "tmp/cache"
     end
 
     def vendor