diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
index c384fd0978923edcad63806921ade803d222c418..07ff5ad9f353dbb74bb4beaacf8b1fc52acc6b60 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
@@ -128,20 +128,23 @@ def action_methods
       self.class.action_methods
     end
 
-    private
+    # Returns true if the name can be considered an action. This can
+    # be overridden in subclasses to modify the semantics of what
+    # can be considered an action.
+    #
+    # For instance, this is overriden by ActionController to add
+    # the implicit rendering feature.
+    #
+    # ==== Parameters
+    # * <tt>name</tt> - The name of an action to be tested
+    #
+    # ==== Returns
+    # * <tt>TrueClass</tt>, <tt>FalseClass</tt>
+    def action_method?(name)
+      self.class.action_methods.include?(name)
+    end
 
-      # Returns true if the name can be considered an action. This can
-      # be overridden in subclasses to modify the semantics of what
-      # can be considered an action.
-      #
-      # ==== Parameters
-      # * <tt>name</tt> - The name of an action to be tested
-      #
-      # ==== Returns
-      # * <tt>TrueClass</tt>, <tt>FalseClass</tt>
-      def action_method?(name)
-        self.class.action_methods.include?(name)
-      end
+    private
 
       # Call the action. Override this in a subclass to modify the
       # behavior around processing an action. This, and not #process,
@@ -160,8 +163,8 @@ def process_action(method_name, *args)
       # If the action name was not found, but a method called "action_missing"
       # was found, #method_for_action will return "_handle_action_missing".
       # This method calls #action_missing with the current action name.
-      def _handle_action_missing
-        action_missing(@_action_name)
+      def _handle_action_missing(*args)
+        action_missing(@_action_name, *args)
       end
 
       # Takes an action name and returns the name of the method that will
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb
index 4b301c0d9089a0f69044fdb045779351605b585c..678f4ca76345102b66dfbf9d12b389c19005c430 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ def default_render
       render
     end
 
-    def method_for_action(action_name)
-      super || if template_exists?(action_name.to_s, _prefixes)
-        action_name.to_s
-      end
+    def action_method?(action_name)
+      super || template_exists?(action_name.to_s, _prefixes)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/new_base/render_implicit_action_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/new_base/render_implicit_action_test.rb
index 9f69d20329582fff308d4611e364c138160ce3ca..667a9021be4224b2d726c9d7d198e8308f77f455 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/new_base/render_implicit_action_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/new_base/render_implicit_action_test.rb
@@ -24,5 +24,10 @@ class RenderImplicitActionTest < Rack::TestCase
       assert_body   "Hello hyphen-ated!"
       assert_status 200
     end
+
+    test "action_method? returns true for implicit actions" do
+      assert SimpleController.new.action_method?(:hello_world)
+      assert SimpleController.new.action_method?(:"hyphen-ated")
+    end
   end
 end