diff --git a/config/initializers/spree.rb b/config/initializers/spree.rb
index 6ff230c5f5..2e80f978ae 100644
--- a/config/initializers/spree.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/spree.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # In order to initialize a setting do:
 # config.setting_name = 'new value'
 
+require "spree/core/environment"
 require 'spree/product_filters'
 
 # Due to a bug in ActiveRecord we need to load the tagging code in Gateway which
diff --git a/spec/lib/spree/core/environment_spec.rb b/spec/lib/spree/core/environment_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eec8dc329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/spree/core/environment_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Spree::Core::Environment do
+  # Our version doesn't add any features we could test.
+  # So we just check that our file is loaded correctly.
+  let(:our_file) { Rails.root.join("lib/spree/core/environment.rb").to_s }
+
+  it "is defined in our code" do
+    file = subject.method(:initialize).source_location.first
+    expect(file).to eq our_file
+  end
+
+  it "used by Spree" do
+    file = Spree::Core::Engine.config.spree.method(:initialize).source_location.first
+    expect(file).to eq our_file
+  end
+end