diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
index ca0e5d6ff6..b7250d193f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ module ActionController
   end
 
   autoload :Dispatcher,      'action_controller/deprecated/dispatcher'
+  autoload :UrlWriter,       'action_controller/deprecated/url_writer'
   autoload :Integration,     'action_controller/deprecated/integration_test'
   autoload :IntegrationTest, 'action_controller/deprecated/integration_test'
   autoload :PerformanceTest, 'action_controller/deprecated/performance_test'
-  autoload :UrlWriter,       'action_controller/deprecated'
   autoload :Routing,         'action_controller/deprecated'
   autoload :TestCase,        'action_controller/test_case'
 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/deprecated/url_writer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/deprecated/url_writer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d901cb4971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/deprecated/url_writer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module ActionController
+  module UrlWriter
+    def self.included(klass)
+      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "include ActionController::UrlWriter is deprecated. Instead, " \
+                                      "include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers"
+      klass.class_eval { include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers }
+    end
+  end
+end