diff --git a/config/initializers/money.rb b/config/initializers/money.rb
index edf7bce635..13e1e8911b 100644
--- a/config/initializers/money.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/money.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# This MoneyRails::ActionViewExtension module should get loaded
+# automatically when ActionView is loaded, but *very* rarely when
+# setting up the app locally ItemHelper is loaded beforehand,
+# which depends on MoneyRails::ActionViewExtension, so without
+# this line an uninitialized constant error is raised.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/RubyMoney/money-rails/issues/614
+require "money-rails/helpers/action_view_extension"
+
 MoneyRails.configure do |config|
   # set the default currency
   config.default_currency = :usd