diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
index ba5fc3953794804995039f54c12bdf93bf7993d0..78123a9d8742fe320ddcb6b1f78d45c42697a8fe 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -31,12 +31,20 @@ def end_form_tag
         "</form>"
       end
 
+      def select_tag(name, option_tags = nil, options = {})
+        content_tag("select", option_tags, { "name" => name, "id" => name }.update(options))
+      end
+
       def text_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {})
         tag("input", {"type" => "text", "name" => name, "id" => name, "value" => value}.update(options))
       end
 
+      def hidden_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {})
+        text_field_tag(name, value, options.update("type" => "hidden"))
+      end
+
       def password_field_tag(name = "password", value = nil, options = {})
-        tag("input", {"type" => "password", "name" => name, "id" => name, "value" => value}.update(options))
+        text_field_tag(name, value, options.update("type" => "password"))
       end
 
       def text_area_tag(name, content = nil, options = {})
@@ -54,6 +62,12 @@ def check_box_tag(name, value = "1", checked = false, options = {})
         tag("input", html_options)
       end
 
+      def radio_button_tag(name, value, checked = false, options = {})
+        html_options = {"type" => "radio", "name" => name, "id" => name, "value" => value}.update(options)
+        html_options["checked"] = "checked" if checked
+        tag("input", html_options)
+      end
+
       def submit_tag(value = "Save changes", options = {})
         tag("input", {"type" => "submit", "name" => "submit", "value" => value}.update(options))
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
index 5806c879fd5de1447daf97b57930f928dd79dfa8..25da1937d4736fee05dc7170d5176c0e292a3aa1 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ class TagHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   MethodToTag = {
     %(text_field_tag("title", "Hello!")) => %(<input id="title" name="title" type="text" value="Hello!" />),
     %(text_field_tag("title", "Hello!", "class" => "admin")) => %(<input class="admin" id="title" name="title" type="text" value="Hello!" />),
+    %(hidden_field_tag "id", 3) => %(<input id="id" name="id" type="hidden" value="3" />),
     %(password_field_tag) => %(<input id="password" name="password" type="password" value="" />),
     %(text_area_tag("body", "hello world", :size => "20x40")) => %(<textarea cols="20" id="body" name="body" rows="40">hello world</textarea>),
     %(check_box_tag("admin")) => %(<input id="admin" name="admin" type="checkbox" value="1" />),
+    %(radio_button_tag("people", "david")) => %(<input id="people" name="people" type="radio" value="david" />),
+    %(select_tag("people", "<option>david</option>")) => %(<select id="people" name="people"><option>david</option></select>),
   }
 
   def test_tags