diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/callbacks.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/callbacks.rb
index e4f9dd311215f19bd1711304396c64f18a69100d..83dd06bf8b43a2f13ca3c7d70be154cf41849033 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/callbacks.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/callbacks.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ def #{filter}_filter(*names, &blk)
             end
           end
 
+          def prepend_#{filter}_filter(*names, &blk)
+            options = names.last.is_a?(Hash) ? names.pop : {}
+            _normalize_callback_options(options)
+            names.push(blk) if block_given?
+            names.each do |name|
+              process_action_callback(:#{filter}, name, options.merge(:prepend => true))
+            end
+          end
+
           def skip_#{filter}_filter(*names, &blk)
             options = names.last.is_a?(Hash) ? names.pop : {}
             _normalize_callback_options(options)
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/new_callbacks.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/new_callbacks.rb
index b6cbdbb6b04305d588de301ddf894aa81dff8399..e9a30b9c35e13607da20f6b8dcc03effebfd757b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/new_callbacks.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/new_callbacks.rb
@@ -464,7 +464,9 @@ def self.#{symbol}_callback(*filters, &blk)
                 self._#{symbol}_callbacks.delete_if {|c| c.matches?(type, :#{symbol}, filter)}
                 Callback.new(filter, type, options.dup, self, :#{symbol})
               end
-              self._#{symbol}_callbacks.push(*filters)
+              options[:prepend] ?
+                self._#{symbol}_callbacks.unshift(*filters) :
+                self._#{symbol}_callbacks.push(*filters)
               _define_runner(:#{symbol}, 
                 self._#{symbol}_callbacks.compile(nil, :terminator => _#{symbol}_terminator), 
                 options)