diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index db3ad9662b37c07a3b624cbaf1314679a66006a2..5469f779b32398b9869e4caa57ea9a998662d6f8 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Allow use of the :with option for submit_to_remote #1936 [jon@instance-design.co.uk]
+
 * AbstractRequest#domain returns nil when host is an ip address #2012 [kevin.clark@gmail.com]
 
 * ActionController documentation update #2051 [fbeausoleil@ftml.net]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
index 76be539332c18fe717581f5ec2466541ba5f57a3..2bd741bd79d2afe02a69a711a609fa2923117d4e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def form_remote_tag(options = {})
       # Returns a button input tag that will submit form using XMLHttpRequest in the background instead of regular
       # reloading POST arrangement. <tt>options</tt> argument is the same as in <tt>form_remote_tag</tt>
       def submit_to_remote(name, value, options = {})
-        options[:with] = 'Form.serialize(this.form)'
+        options[:with] ||= 'Form.serialize(this.form)'
 
         options[:html] ||= {}
         options[:html][:type] = 'button'