diff --git a/activestorage/lib/tasks/activestorage.rake b/activestorage/lib/tasks/activestorage.rake
index 6b0469636c..142a5796ca 100644
--- a/activestorage/lib/tasks/activestorage.rake
+++ b/activestorage/lib/tasks/activestorage.rake
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ namespace :active_storage do
   task update: :environment do
     ENV["MIGRATIONS_PATH"] = "db/update_migrate"
 
-    Rake::Task["active_storage:install"].invoke
+    if Rake::Task.task_defined?("active_storage:install")
+      Rake::Task["active_storage:install"].invoke
+    else
+      Rake::Task["app:active_storage:install"].invoke
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
index 8bcd4139d7..23aac0e924 100644
--- a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
@@ -1613,6 +1613,21 @@ def index
       end
     end
 
+    test "active_storage:update task works within engine" do
+      @plugin.write "Rakefile", <<-RUBY
+        APP_RAKEFILE = '#{app_path}/Rakefile'
+        load "rails/tasks/engine.rake"
+      RUBY
+
+      Dir.chdir(@plugin.path) do
+        output = `bundle exec rake app:active_storage:update`
+        assert $?.success?, output
+
+        assert migrations.detect { |migration| migration.name == "AddServiceNameToActiveStorageBlobs" }
+        assert migrations.detect { |migration| migration.name == "CreateActiveStorageVariantRecords" }
+      end
+    end
+
   private
     def app
       Rails.application