diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner-active_record.rb b/lib/database_cleaner-active_record.rb
index ad7a57b3..590d907d 100644
--- a/lib/database_cleaner-active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner-active_record.rb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-require "database_cleaner/active_record"
+require "database_cleaner/active_record/railtie"
diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/railtie.rb b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/railtie.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1ce9650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/railtie.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord
+  class Railtie < ::Rails::Railtie
+    initializer "database_cleaner-active_record" do
+      ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
+        require "database_cleaner/active_record"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end