diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
index 1537b8b806..d3b5bafee1 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
@@ -249,8 +249,9 @@ module ActionController
       end
 
       def secret_token(request)
-        key_generator = request.env["action_dispatch.key_generator"]
-        key_generator.generate_key('http authentication')
+        key_generator  = request.env["action_dispatch.key_generator"]
+        http_auth_salt = request.env["action_dispatch.http_auth_salt"]
+        key_generator.generate_key(http_auth_salt)
       end
 
       # Uses an MD5 digest based on time to generate a value to be used only once.
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb
index 7206306b94..daad64d041 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ module ActionDispatch
   class Cookies
     HTTP_HEADER   = "Set-Cookie".freeze
     GENERATOR_KEY = "action_dispatch.key_generator".freeze
+    SIGNED_COOKIE_SALT = "action_dispatch.signed_cookie_salt".freeze
+    ENCRYPTED_COOKIE_SALT = "action_dispatch.encrypted_cookie_salt".freeze
+    ENCRYPTED_SIGNED_COOKIE_SALT = "action_dispatch.encrypted_signed_cookie_salt".freeze
+
 
     # Raised when storing more than 4K of session data.
     CookieOverflow = Class.new StandardError
@@ -106,21 +110,25 @@ module ActionDispatch
       def self.build(request)
         env = request.env
         key_generator = env[GENERATOR_KEY]
+        options = { signed_cookie_salt: env[SIGNED_COOKIE_SALT],
+                    encrypted_cookie_salt: env[ENCRYPTED_COOKIE_SALT],
+                    encrypted_signed_cookie_salt: env[ENCRYPTED_SIGNED_COOKIE_SALT] }
 
         host = request.host
         secure = request.ssl?
 
-        new(key_generator, host, secure).tap do |hash|
+        new(key_generator, host, secure, options).tap do |hash|
           hash.update(request.cookies)
         end
       end
 
-      def initialize(key_generator, host = nil, secure = false)
+      def initialize(key_generator, host = nil, secure = false, options = {})
         @key_generator = key_generator
         @set_cookies = {}
         @delete_cookies = {}
         @host = host
         @secure = secure
+        @options = options
         @cookies = {}
       end
 
@@ -223,7 +231,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
       #   cookies.permanent.signed[:remember_me] = current_user.id
       #   # => Set-Cookie: remember_me=BAhU--848956038e692d7046deab32b7131856ab20e14e; path=/; expires=Sun, 16-Dec-2029 03:24:16 GMT
       def permanent
-        @permanent ||= PermanentCookieJar.new(self, @key_generator)
+        @permanent ||= PermanentCookieJar.new(self, @key_generator, @options)
       end
 
       # Returns a jar that'll automatically generate a signed representation of cookie value and verify it when reading from
@@ -240,7 +248,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
       #
       #   cookies.signed[:discount] # => 45
       def signed
-        @signed ||= SignedCookieJar.new(self, @key_generator)
+        @signed ||= SignedCookieJar.new(self, @key_generator, @options)
       end
 
       # Returns a jar that'll automatically encrypt cookie values before sending them to the client and will decrypt them for read.
@@ -256,7 +264,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
       #
       #   cookies.encrypted[:discount] # => 45
       def encrypted
-        @encrypted ||= EncryptedCookieJar.new(self, @key_generator)
+        @encrypted ||= EncryptedCookieJar.new(self, @key_generator, @options)
       end
 
       def write(headers)
@@ -280,9 +288,10 @@ module ActionDispatch
     end
 
     class PermanentCookieJar < CookieJar #:nodoc:
-      def initialize(parent_jar, key_generator)
+      def initialize(parent_jar, key_generator, options = {})
         @parent_jar = parent_jar
         @key_generator = key_generator
+        @options = options
       end
 
       def []=(key, options)
@@ -305,9 +314,10 @@ module ActionDispatch
       MAX_COOKIE_SIZE = 4096 # Cookies can typically store 4096 bytes.
       SECRET_MIN_LENGTH = 30 # Characters
 
-      def initialize(parent_jar, key_generator)
+      def initialize(parent_jar, key_generator, options = {})
         @parent_jar = parent_jar
-        secret = key_generator.generate_key('signed cookie')
+        @options = options
+        secret = key_generator.generate_key(@options[:signed_cookie_salt])
         ensure_secret_secure(secret)
         @verifier   = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new(secret)
       end
@@ -359,10 +369,11 @@ module ActionDispatch
     end
 
     class EncryptedCookieJar < SignedCookieJar #:nodoc:
-      def initialize(parent_jar, key_generator)
+      def initialize(parent_jar, key_generator, options = {})
         @parent_jar = parent_jar
-        secret = key_generator.generate_key('encrypted cookie')
-        sign_secret = key_generator.generate_key('signed encrypted cookie')
+        @options = options
+        secret = key_generator.generate_key(@options[:encrypted_cookie_salt])
+        sign_secret = key_generator.generate_key(@options[:encrypted_signed_cookie_salt])
         @encryptor = ActiveSupport::MessageEncryptor.new(secret, sign_secret)
         ensure_secret_secure(secret)
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/railtie.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/railtie.rb
index 284dd180db..98c87d9b2d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/railtie.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/railtie.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ module ActionDispatch
     config.action_dispatch.rescue_responses = { }
     config.action_dispatch.default_charset = nil
     config.action_dispatch.rack_cache = false
+    config.action_dispatch.http_auth_salt = 'http authentication'
+    config.action_dispatch.signed_cookie_salt = 'signed cookie'
+    config.action_dispatch.encrypted_cookie_salt = 'encrypted cookie'
+    config.action_dispatch.encrypted_signed_cookie_salt = 'signed encrypted cookie'
 
     config.action_dispatch.default_headers = {
       'X-Frame-Options' => 'SAMEORIGIN',
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/cookies_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/cookies_test.rb
index 0b6f4cb03f..ffa91d63c4 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/cookies_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/cookies_test.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ class CookiesTest < ActionController::TestCase
 
   def setup
     super
-    @request.env["action_dispatch.key_generator"] = ActiveSupport::DummyKeyGenerator.new("b3c631c314c0bbca50c1b2843150fe33")
+    @request.env["action_dispatch.key_generator"] = ActiveSupport::KeyGenerator.new("b3c631c314c0bbca50c1b2843150fe33")
+    @request.env["action_dispatch.signed_cookie_salt"] = "b3c631c314c0bbca50c1b2843150fe33"
+    @request.env["action_dispatch.encrypted_cookie_salt"] = "b3c631c314c0bbca50c1b2843150fe33"
+    @request.env["action_dispatch.encrypted_signed_cookie_salt"] = "b3c631c314c0bbca50c1b2843150fe33"
     @request.host = "www.nextangle.com"
   end
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index f9867721a2..3ec29e1dd6 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -119,12 +119,16 @@ module Rails
     # will be used by middlewares and engines to configure themselves.
     # Currently stores:
     #
-    #   * "action_dispatch.parameter_filter"         => config.filter_parameters,
-    #   * "action_dispatch.show_exceptions"          => config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions,
-    #   * "action_dispatch.show_detailed_exceptions" => config.consider_all_requests_local,
-    #   * "action_dispatch.logger"                   => Rails.logger,
-    #   * "action_dispatch.backtrace_cleaner"        => Rails.backtrace_cleaner
-    #   * "action_dispatch.key_generator"            => key_generator
+    #   * "action_dispatch.parameter_filter"             => config.filter_parameters
+    #   * "action_dispatch.show_exceptions"              => config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions
+    #   * "action_dispatch.show_detailed_exceptions"     => config.consider_all_requests_local
+    #   * "action_dispatch.logger"                       => Rails.logger
+    #   * "action_dispatch.backtrace_cleaner"            => Rails.backtrace_cleaner
+    #   * "action_dispatch.key_generator"                => key_generator
+    #   * "action_dispatch.http_auth_salt"               => config.action_dispatch.http_auth_salt
+    #   * "action_dispatch.signed_cookie_salt"           => config.action_dispatch.signed_cookie_salt
+    #   * "action_dispatch.encrypted_cookie_salt"        => config.action_dispatch.encrypted_cookie_salt
+    #   * "action_dispatch.encrypted_signed_cookie_salt" => config.action_dispatch.encrypted_signed_cookie_salt
     #
     # These parameters will be used by middlewares and engines to configure themselves
     #
@@ -145,7 +149,11 @@ module Rails
           "action_dispatch.show_detailed_exceptions" => config.consider_all_requests_local,
           "action_dispatch.logger" => Rails.logger,
           "action_dispatch.backtrace_cleaner" => Rails.backtrace_cleaner,
-          "action_dispatch.key_generator" => key_generator
+          "action_dispatch.key_generator" => key_generator,
+          "action_dispatch.http_auth_salt" => config.action_dispatch.http_auth_salt,
+          "action_dispatch.signed_cookie_salt" => config.action_dispatch.signed_cookie_salt,
+          "action_dispatch.encrypted_cookie_salt" => config.action_dispatch.encrypted_cookie_salt,
+          "action_dispatch.encrypted_signed_cookie_salt" => config.action_dispatch.encrypted_signed_cookie_salt
         })
       end
     end