diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
index bb2095418..4b8a077e6 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class ShellDispatcher {
 		if (!defined('TMP') && !is_dir(APP . 'tmp')) {
 			define('TMP', CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . DS . 'Cake' . DS . 'Console' . DS . 'Templates' . DS . 'skel' . DS . 'tmp' . DS);
 		}
-
+		$boot = file_exists(ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS . 'Config' . DS . 'bootstrap.php');
 		require CORE_PATH . 'Cake' . DS . 'bootstrap.php';
 
 		if (!file_exists(APP . 'Config' . DS . 'core.php')) {