diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index d23a2abb04e29ea275af6de0aba33a02ae46dd60..701531fa95fb8b6fde57e3238f7e6d7b785c7e3c 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added fourth argument to render_collection_of_partials that allows you to specify local_assigns -- just like render_partial #432 [zenspider]
+
 * Fixed that host would choke when cgi.host returned nil #432 [Tobias Luetke]
 
 * Added that form helpers now take an index option #448 [Tim Bates]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/partials.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/partials.rb
index 927ef2a977ad8f8e49e801c903c4cab2e06f1e8e..1255a060ddf22e00a2e2a4ba88ea9174794ae5e2 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/partials.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/partials.rb
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ def render_partial(partial_path, object = nil, local_assigns = {})
       render("#{path}/_#{partial_name}", { partial_name => object }.merge(local_assigns))
     end
 
-    def render_collection_of_partials(partial_name, collection, partial_spacer_template = nil)
+    def render_collection_of_partials(partial_name, collection, partial_spacer_template = nil, local_assigns = {})
       collection_of_partials = Array.new
       counter_name = partial_counter_name(partial_name)
       collection.each_with_index do |element, counter|
-        collection_of_partials.push(render_partial(partial_name, element, counter_name => counter))
+        collection_of_partials.push(render_partial(partial_name, element, { counter_name => counter }.merge(local_assigns)))
       end
 
       return nil if collection_of_partials.empty?