diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
index acc617667049a5147c1f87ea860408533b15bbe8..06f4be17080b730ef58428291867f86df5506ca4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
@@ -1631,6 +1631,9 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
             for( JobPropertyDescriptor d : Jobs.PROPERTIES )
                 result &= configureDescriptor(req,json,d);
 
+            for( PageDecorator d : PageDecorator.ALL )
+                result &= configureDescriptor(req,json,d);
+
             for( JSONObject o : StructuredForm.toList(json,"plugin"))
                 pluginManager.getPlugin(o.getString("name")).getPlugin().configure(o);
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/PageDecorator.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/PageDecorator.java
index 0dd02b761ae139d2d463d16dd2ac687dfaea970e..83e83ebe3e2dc308b6ad35cda0b38a5833763551 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/PageDecorator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/PageDecorator.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package hudson.model;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import hudson.ExtensionPoint;
 import hudson.Plugin;
-import hudson.util.DescriptorList;
 
 /**
  * Participates in the rendering of HTML pages for all pages of Hudson.
@@ -64,5 +66,5 @@ public abstract class PageDecorator extends Descriptor<PageDecorator> implements
     /**
      * All the registered instances.
      */
-    public static final DescriptorList<PageDecorator> ALL = new DescriptorList<PageDecorator>();
+    public static final List<PageDecorator> ALL = new ArrayList<PageDecorator>();
 }
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase.java
index c2edcc5aeeac92f9eab783d7cab562b5959dc71a..f18a414c91c427a2fb92202f6c9a4e40aac3c14f 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase.java
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ package hudson.pages;
 import static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.WebAssert.*;
 import hudson.model.PageDecorator;
 
+import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
+
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.HudsonTestCase;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 
+import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlButton;
+import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm;
 import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlPage;
 
 public class SystemConfigurationTestCase extends HudsonTestCase {
@@ -27,19 +32,36 @@ public class SystemConfigurationTestCase extends HudsonTestCase {
         
         HtmlPage page = new WebClient().goTo("configure");
         assertElementPresent(page, "hudson-pages-SystemConfigurationTestCase$PageDecoratorImpl");
+        
+        HtmlForm form = page.getFormByName("config");
+        form.getInputByName("_.decoratorId").setValueAttribute("this_is_a_profile");
+        form.submit((HtmlButton)last(form.getHtmlElementsByTagName("button")));
+        assertEquals("The decorator field was incorrect", "this_is_a_profile", pageDecoratorImpl.getDecoratorId());
     }
 
     /**
      * PageDecorator for bug#2289
      */
     private static class PageDecoratorImpl extends PageDecorator {
+        private String decoratorId;
+
         protected PageDecoratorImpl() {
             super(PageDecoratorImpl.class);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean configure(StaplerRequest req, JSONObject json) throws FormException {
+            decoratorId = json.getString("decoratorId");
+            return true;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public String getDisplayName() {
             return "PageDecoratorImpl";
         }
+        
+        public String getDecoratorId() {
+            return decoratorId;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/src/test/resources/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase/PageDecoratorImpl/global.jelly b/test/src/test/resources/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase/PageDecoratorImpl/global.jelly
index bed32eb6f188d77fc5b0307c97085152208a20cb..fce23a681c85c6071b3de079c48f670240fb82d5 100644
--- a/test/src/test/resources/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase/PageDecoratorImpl/global.jelly
+++ b/test/src/test/resources/hudson/pages/SystemConfigurationTestCase/PageDecoratorImpl/global.jelly
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 <j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler" xmlns:d="jelly:define" xmlns:l="/lib/layout" xmlns:t="/lib/hudson" xmlns:f="/lib/form">
-
+  <f:section title="PageDecorator">
+    <f:entry title="PageDecoratorId">
+      <f:textbox field="decoratorId"/>
+    </f:entry>
+  </f:section>
 </j:jelly>