diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index aca576feb71f050a2be459edf8774fd23aad19c0..fb79d417c79e3fa02b3c2008fe95f5f9f1338439 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed assert_redirect_to to work with redirect_to_path #869 [Nicholas Seckar]
+
 * Fixed escaping of :method option in remote_form_tag #1218 [Rick Olson]
 
 * Added Serbia and Montenegro to the country_select #1239 [todd@robotcoop.com]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
index 5d1826b72af395fc6798e699823c2d30d8f490b7..a419a65dfab11c15a22e23a249e83c1d67d5000c 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
@@ -51,13 +51,29 @@ def assert_response(type, message = nil)
       def assert_redirected_to(options = {}, message=nil)
         assert_redirect(message)
 
-        msg = build_message(message, "response is not a redirection to all of the options supplied (redirection is <?>)", @response.redirected_to)
-        assert_block(msg) do
-          if options.is_a?(Symbol)
-            @response.redirected_to == options
-          else
-            options.keys.all? do |k| 
-              options[k] == (@response.redirected_to[k].respond_to?(:to_param) ? @response.redirected_to[k].to_param : @response.redirected_to[k] unless @response.redirected_to[k].nil?)
+        if options.is_a?(String)
+          msg = build_message(message, "expected a redirect to <?>, found one to <?>", options, @response.redirect_url)
+          
+          url_regexp = %r{^(\w+://.*?(/|$|\?))(.*)$}
+          eurl, epath, url, path = [options, @response.redirect_url].collect do |url|
+            u, p = (url_regexp =~ url) ? [$1, $3] : [nil, url]
+            [u, (p[0..0] == '/') ? p : '/' + p]
+          end.flatten
+
+          if eurl && url then assert_equal(eurl, url, msg)
+          else assert_equal(epath, path, msg)
+          end
+        else
+          msg = build_message(message, "response is not a redirection to all of the options supplied (redirection is <?>)",
+                              @response.redirected_to || @response.redirect_url)
+
+          assert_block(msg) do
+            if options.is_a?(Symbol)
+              @response.redirected_to == options
+            else
+              options.keys.all? do |k| 
+                options[k] == (@response.redirected_to[k].respond_to?(:to_param) ? @response.redirected_to[k].to_param : @response.redirected_to[k] unless @response.redirected_to[k].nil?)
+              end
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb
index 4823983165d60b3f645ed491343c9e3da2990549..3fc8a2c99a35c231858b8aa69f7b801aadf212ef 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def redirect_to_action() redirect_to :action => "flash_me", :id => 1, :params =>
 
   def redirect_to_controller() redirect_to :controller => "elsewhere", :action => "flash_me"; end
 
+  def redirect_to_path() redirect_to '/some/path' end
+  
   # a redirect to an external location
   def redirect_external() redirect_to_url "http://www.rubyonrails.org"; end
   
@@ -368,6 +370,19 @@ def test_follow_redirect_outside_current_action
 
     assert_raises(RuntimeError, "Can't follow redirects outside of current controller (elsewhere)") { follow_redirect }
   end
+
+  def test_redirected_to_url_leadling_slash
+    process :redirect_to_path
+    assert_redirected_to '/some/path'
+  end
+  def test_redirected_to_url_no_leadling_slash
+    process :redirect_to_path
+    assert_redirected_to 'some/path'
+  end
+  def test_redirected_to_url_full_url
+    process :redirect_to_path
+    assert_redirected_to 'http://test.host/some/path'
+  end
 end
 
 class ActionPackHeaderTest < Test::Unit::TestCase  
@@ -384,4 +399,4 @@ def test_rendering_xml_respects_content_type
 	  process :hello_xml_world
 	  assert_equal('application/pdf', @controller.headers['Content-Type'])
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end