diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index fd4d8e59d8..d2396a70f9 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added :confirm option to submit_tag #11415 [miloops]
+
 * Fixed NumberHelper#number_with_precision to properly round in a way that works equally on Mac, Windows, Linux (closes #11409, #8275, #10090, #8027) [zhangyuanyi]
 
 * Allow the #simple_format text_helper to take an html_options hash for each paragraph.  #2448 [Francois Beausoleil, thechrisoshow]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
index 23b908ddc6..0544ed3ded 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ module ActionView
       # Creates a submit button with the text <tt>value</tt> as the caption. 
       #
       # ==== Options
+      # * <tt>:confirm => 'question?'</tt> -- This will add a JavaScript confirm
+      #   prompt with the question specified. If the user accepts, the form is
+      #   processed normally, otherwise no action is taken.
       # * <tt>:disabled</tt> - If set to true, the user will not be able to use this input.
       # * <tt>:disable_with</tt> - Value of this parameter will be used as the value for a disabled version 
       #                            of the submit button when the form is submitted.
@@ -351,10 +354,15 @@ module ActionView
             "#{options["onclick"]}",
             "result = (this.form.onsubmit ? (this.form.onsubmit() ? this.form.submit() : false) : this.form.submit())",
             "if (result == false) { this.value = this.getAttribute('originalValue'); this.disabled = false }",
-            "return result",
+            "return result;",
           ].join(";")
         end
-          
+        
+        if confirm = options.delete("confirm")
+          options["onclick"] ||= ''
+          options["onclick"] += "return #{confirm_javascript_function(confirm)};"
+        end
+        
         tag :input, { "type" => "submit", "name" => "commit", "value" => value }.update(options.stringify_keys)
       end
       
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
index 4160c838cc..7caa85802a 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
@@ -221,11 +221,18 @@ class FormTagHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_submit_tag
     assert_dom_equal(
-      %(<input name='commit' type='submit' value='Save' onclick="this.setAttribute('originalValue', this.value);this.disabled=true;this.value='Saving...';alert('hello!');result = (this.form.onsubmit ? (this.form.onsubmit() ? this.form.submit() : false) : this.form.submit());if (result == false) { this.value = this.getAttribute('originalValue'); this.disabled = false };return result" />),
+      %(<input name='commit' type='submit' value='Save' onclick="this.setAttribute('originalValue', this.value);this.disabled=true;this.value='Saving...';alert('hello!');result = (this.form.onsubmit ? (this.form.onsubmit() ? this.form.submit() : false) : this.form.submit());if (result == false) { this.value = this.getAttribute('originalValue'); this.disabled = false };return result;" />),
       submit_tag("Save", :disable_with => "Saving...", :onclick => "alert('hello!')")
     )
   end
 
+  def test_submit_tag_with_confirmation
+    assert_dom_equal(
+      %(<input name='commit' type='submit' value='Save' onclick="return confirm('Are you sure?');"/>),
+      submit_tag("Save", :confirm => "Are you sure?")
+    )
+  end
+  
   def test_pass
     assert_equal 1, 1
   end