diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 57dc7e797b73c..9673602631f88 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def set_default_accessors!
 
       def database_gemfile_entry
         options[:skip_active_record] ? "" :
-          <<-GEMFILE.strip_heredoc.chomp
+          <<-GEMFILE.strip_heredoc
             # Use #{options[:database]} as the database for Active Record
             gem '#{gem_for_database}'
           GEMFILE