1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb b/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb
index 7c22f80687..557420df80 100644
--- a/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ module Rake
     class << self
       attr_accessor :verbose_flag, :nowrite_flag
     end
-    FileUtilsExt.verbose_flag = nil
+
+    DEFAULT = Object.new
+
+    FileUtilsExt.verbose_flag = DEFAULT
     FileUtilsExt.nowrite_flag = false
 
     $fileutils_verbose = true