diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index b0708359..f9e797b9 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Metrics/AbcSize:
 
 Metrics/BlockLength:
   Exclude:
+    - "lib/bootstrap_form/inputs/base.rb"
     - "demo/config/**/*"
     - "demo/test/**/*"
     - "test/**/*"
diff --git a/lib/bootstrap_form/inputs/base.rb b/lib/bootstrap_form/inputs/base.rb
index 65d9a17d..adf85a78 100644
--- a/lib/bootstrap_form/inputs/base.rb
+++ b/lib/bootstrap_form/inputs/base.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,16 @@ def bootstrap_select_group(field_name)
           bootstrap_alias field_name
         end
 
+        # Creates the methods *_without_bootstrap and *_with_bootstrap.
+        #
+        # If your application did not include the rails gem for one of the dsl
+        # methods, then a name error is raised and suppressed. This can happen
+        # if your application does not include the actiontext dependency due to
+        # `rich_text_area` not being defined.
         def bootstrap_alias(field_name)
           alias_method "#{field_name}_without_bootstrap".to_sym, field_name
           alias_method field_name, "#{field_name}_with_bootstrap".to_sym
+        rescue NameError # rubocop:disable Lint/SuppressedException
         end
       end