diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 30864d33ef6d06c1843a1b70deb61b0b84f93453..a73d5168d4ad9c2f00c7ca72e4e75e1138ba3220 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+*SVN*
+
+* Fixed that symbols can be used on attribute assignment, like page.emails.create(:subject => data.subject, :body => data.body)
+
+
 *1.8.0* (7th March, 2005)
 
 * Added ActiveRecord::Base.colorize_logging to control whether to use colors in logs or not (on by default)
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index b198f0a6361c0948d3bf44fe572c8a0dcbee6b18..6fdab32f733bf6d83f0700422e16569f291f5730 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ def []= (attr_name, value)
       # attributes not included in that won't be allowed to be mass-assigned.
       def attributes=(attributes)
         return if attributes.nil?
+        attributes.stringify_keys!
 
         multi_parameter_attributes = []
         remove_attributes_protected_from_mass_assignment(attributes).each do |k, v|