diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 87afe5647b980f041c007ed1c1750d558917312d..f7f20669366c4229e0efaa1fdd6d1ef93f06babf 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed that named routes didn't use the default values for action and possible other parameters #1534 [Nicholas Seckar]
+
 * Fixed JavascriptHelper#visual_effect to use camelize such that :blind_up will work #1639 [pelletierm@eastmedia.net]
 
 * Fixed that a SessionRestoreError was thrown if a model object was placed in the session that wasn't available to all controllers. This means that it's no longer necessary to use the 'model :post' work-around in ApplicationController to have a Post model in your session.
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb
index 940136efd0a44a6dc9d6200d0d096054bac5ac86..d69c862989deb584943b8520b79a35ec5788eb71 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb
@@ -256,13 +256,14 @@ def to_s() join '/' end
 
     class Route #:nodoc:
       attr_accessor :components, :known
-      attr_reader :path, :options, :keys
+      attr_reader :path, :options, :keys, :defaults
   
       def initialize(path, options = {})
         @path, @options = path, options
     
         initialize_components path
         defaults, conditions = initialize_hashes options.dup
+        @defaults = defaults.dup
         configure_components(defaults, conditions)
         initialize_keys
       end
@@ -576,7 +577,7 @@ def url_helper_name(name)
         end
 
         def name_route(route, name)
-          hash = route.known.symbolize_keys
+          hash = route.defaults.merge(route.known).symbolize_keys
           hash[:controller] = "/#{hash[:controller]}"
       
           define_method(hash_access_name(name)) { hash }
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
index 3b3cee6ae6e9923066f3f7c3dd417eb5498d884b..48151ba19816fec5417017fcf924160fa108f7fe 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
@@ -661,7 +661,17 @@ def test_named_route_with_option
     x = setup_for_named_route
     assert_equal({:controller => '/content', :action => 'show_page', :title => 'new stuff'},
                  x.new.send(:page_url, :title => 'new stuff'))
-  end  
+  end
+
+  def test_named_route_with_default
+    rs.page 'page/:title', :controller => 'content', :action => 'show_page', :title => 'AboutPage'
+    x = setup_for_named_route
+    assert_equal({:controller => '/content', :action => 'show_page', :title => 'AboutPage'},
+                 x.new.send(:page_url))
+    assert_equal({:controller => '/content', :action => 'show_page', :title => 'AboutRails'},
+                 x.new.send(:page_url, :title => "AboutRails"))
+
+  end
 
   def setup_for_named_route
     x = Class.new