diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb.sample b/config/environments/production.rb.sample
index 8257958fa..4fcc4c58e 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb.sample
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb.sample
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Discourse::Application.configure do
   # Code is not reloaded between requests
   config.cache_classes = true
 
+  config.eager_load = true
+
   # Full error reports are disabled and caching is turned on
   config.consider_all_requests_local       = false
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = true