diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
index 70dfb6c61a..5daa63b6ff 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
       end
 
       def require(file, *)
-        load_dependency(file) { super }
+        result = false
+        load_dependency(file) { result = super }
+        result
       end
 
       # Mark the given constant as unloadable. Unloadable constants are removed each