diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb
index c7765732c7..e2b5e8e36e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ module ActionView
       end
 
       if layout = @options[:layout]
-        layout = find_template(layout, @locals.keys + [@variable])
+        layout = find_template(layout, @locals.keys + [@variable, @variable_counter])
       end
 
       result = @template ? collection_with_template : collection_without_template
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ module ActionView
         locals = @locals
         result.map! do |content|
           locals[@variable] = @collection[result.index(content)]
+          locals[@variable_counter] = result.index(content)
           layout.render(@view, @locals) { content }
         end
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/fixtures/test/_b_layout_for_partial_with_object_counter.html.erb b/actionpack/test/fixtures/test/_b_layout_for_partial_with_object_counter.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44d6121297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/test/fixtures/test/_b_layout_for_partial_with_object_counter.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<b data-counter="<%= customer_counter %>"><%= yield %></b>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb
index a76526f946..cdaca56ef2 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/render_test.rb
@@ -238,12 +238,19 @@ module RenderTestCases
     assert_equal "<b>Hello: Amazon</b><b>Hello: Yahoo</b>", @view.render(:partial => "test/customer", :layout => 'test/b_layout_for_partial', :collection => [ Customer.new("Amazon"), Customer.new("Yahoo") ])
   end
 
-  def test_render_partial_with_layout_using_collection_and_template_makes_current_item_available_in_template
-    assert_equal '<b class="amazon">Hello: Amazon</b><b class="yahoo">Hello: Yahoo</b>', @view.render(:partial => "test/customer", :layout => 'test/b_layout_for_partial_with_object', :collection => [ Customer.new("Amazon"), Customer.new("Yahoo") ])
+  def test_render_partial_with_layout_using_collection_and_template_makes_current_item_available_in_layout
+    assert_equal '<b class="amazon">Hello: Amazon</b><b class="yahoo">Hello: Yahoo</b>',
+      @view.render(:partial => "test/customer", :layout => 'test/b_layout_for_partial_with_object', :collection => [ Customer.new("Amazon"), Customer.new("Yahoo") ])
   end
 
-  def test_render_partial_with_layout_using_object_and_template_makes_object_available_in_template
-    assert_equal '<b class="amazon">Hello: Amazon</b>', @view.render(:partial => "test/customer", :layout => 'test/b_layout_for_partial_with_object', :object => Customer.new("Amazon"))
+  def test_render_partial_with_layout_using_collection_and_template_makes_current_item_counter_available_in_layout
+    assert_equal '<b data-counter="0">Hello: Amazon</b><b data-counter="1">Hello: Yahoo</b>',
+      @view.render(:partial => "test/customer", :layout => 'test/b_layout_for_partial_with_object_counter', :collection => [ Customer.new("Amazon"), Customer.new("Yahoo") ])
+  end
+
+  def test_render_partial_with_layout_using_object_and_template_makes_object_available_in_layout
+    assert_equal '<b class="amazon">Hello: Amazon</b>',
+      @view.render(:partial => "test/customer", :layout => 'test/b_layout_for_partial_with_object', :object => Customer.new("Amazon"))
   end
 
   def test_render_partial_with_empty_array_should_return_nil