diff --git a/lib/devise.rb b/lib/devise.rb
index 3734db39..882e6d28 100644
--- a/lib/devise.rb
+++ b/lib/devise.rb
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ module Devise
   # to :main_app. Should be overriden by engines in order
   # to provide custom routes.
   mattr_accessor :router_name
-  @@router_name = :main_app
+  @@router_name = nil
 
   # DEPRECATED CONFIG
 
diff --git a/lib/devise/rails/routes.rb b/lib/devise/rails/routes.rb
index 9fe8488b..e79cba30 100644
--- a/lib/devise/rails/routes.rb
+++ b/lib/devise/rails/routes.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require "active_support/core_ext/object/try"
+
 module ActionDispatch::Routing
   class RouteSet #:nodoc:
     # Ensure Devise modules are included only after loading routes, because we
@@ -6,6 +8,14 @@ module ActionDispatch::Routing
       finalize_without_devise!
 
       @devise_finalized ||= begin
+        if Devise.router_name.nil? && self != Rails.application.try(:routes)
+          warn "[Devise] We have detected that you are using devise_for inside engine routes. " \
+            "In this case, you probably want to set Devise.router_name = MOUNT_POINT, where "   \
+            "MOUNT_POINT is a symbol representing where this engine will be mounted at. For "   \
+            "now, Devise will default the mount point to :main_app."
+        end
+
+        Devise.router_name ||= :main_app
         Devise.configure_warden!
         Devise.regenerate_helpers!
         true