diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 68e3c5dd6d623d1b4aa4b2aa76410e37c3fd2d2f..934538fcee9e443f909efb8f32ae9ce2d0e86017 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed a bug where cookies wouldn't be set if a symbol was used instead of a string as the key
+
 * Added assert_cookie_equal to assert the contents of a named cookie
 
 * Fixed bug in page caching that prevented it from working at all 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb
index c128e0e1a07c7f90116e7e3e81e13c8d004f37c4..0a45684f6bbd8a082c526d14dec79464619146a0 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def []=(name, options)
         options = options.inject({}) { |options, pair| options[pair.first.to_s] = pair.last; options }
         options["name"] = name.to_s
       else
-        options = { "name" => name, "value" => options }
+        options = { "name" => name.to_s, "value" => options }
       end
       
       set_cookie(options)