diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
index 419bab8967..fc4f9b403f 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+*   Added the `:status` option to `assert_redirected_to` to specify the precise
+    HTTP status of the redirect. Defaults to `:redirect` for backwards
+    compatibility.
+
+    *Jon Dufresne*
+
 *   Rescue `JSON::ParserError` in Cookies JSON deserializer to discards marshal dumps:
 
     Without this change, if `action_dispatch.cookies_serializer` is set to `:json` and
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/assertions/response.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/assertions/response.rb
index 3256efc2af..d566e1baf4 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/assertions/response.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/assertions/response.rb
@@ -50,12 +50,19 @@ module ActionDispatch
       #
       #   # Asserts that the redirection matches the regular expression
       #   assert_redirected_to %r(\Ahttp://example.org)
-      def assert_redirected_to(options = {}, message = nil)
-        assert_response(:redirect, message)
-        return true if options === @response.location
+      #
+      #   # Asserts that the redirection has the HTTP status code 301 (Moved
+      #   # Permanently).
+      #   assert_redirected_to "/some/path", status: :moved_permanently
+      def assert_redirected_to(url_options = {}, options = {}, message = nil)
+        options, message = message, nil if message.is_a?(Hash) && options.empty?
+
+        status = options[:status] || :redirect
+        assert_response(status, message)
+        return true if url_options === @response.location
 
         redirect_is       = normalize_argument_to_redirection(@response.location)
-        redirect_expected = normalize_argument_to_redirection(options)
+        redirect_expected = normalize_argument_to_redirection(url_options)
 
         message ||= "Expected response to be a redirect to <#{redirect_expected}> but was a redirect to <#{redirect_is}>"
         assert_operator redirect_expected, :===, redirect_is, message
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb
index 51286155b9..507fac6344 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/action_pack_assertions_test.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class ActionPackAssertionsController < ActionController::Base
 
   def redirect_external_protocol_relative() redirect_to "//www.rubyonrails.org"; end
 
+  def redirect_permanently() redirect_to "/some/path", status: :moved_permanently end
+
   def response404() head "404 AWOL" end
 
   def response500() head "500 Sorry" end
@@ -440,6 +442,26 @@ class ActionPackAssertionsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     }
   end
 
+  def test_assert_redirection_with_status
+    process :redirect_to_path
+    assert_redirected_to "http://test.host/some/path", status: :found
+    assert_raise ActiveSupport::TestCase::Assertion do
+      assert_redirected_to "http://test.host/some/path", status: :moved_permanently
+    end
+    assert_raise ActiveSupport::TestCase::Assertion, "Custom message" do
+      assert_redirected_to "http://test.host/some/path", { status: :moved_permanently }, "Custom message"
+    end
+
+    process :redirect_permanently
+    assert_redirected_to "http://test.host/some/path", status: :moved_permanently
+    assert_raise ActiveSupport::TestCase::Assertion do
+      assert_redirected_to "http://test.host/some/path", status: :found
+    end
+    assert_raise ActiveSupport::TestCase::Assertion, "Custom message" do
+      assert_redirected_to "http://test.host/some/path", { status: :found }, "Custom message"
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_redirected_to_with_nested_controller
     @controller = Admin::InnerModuleController.new
     get :redirect_to_absolute_controller