diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index ca3652c7036ec..978ec3b5de4ff 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ def self.add_shared_options_for(name)
         class_option :skip_test_unit,     type: :boolean, aliases: '-T', default: false,
                                           desc: 'Skip Test::Unit files'
 
+        class_option :no_rc,              type: :boolean, default: false,
+                                          desc: 'Skip loading of extra configuration options from .railsrc file'
+
         class_option :help,               type: :boolean, aliases: '-h', group: :rails,
                                           desc: 'Show this help message and quit'
       end