diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index ba7b22b7f7..e751c88af8 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed assert_redirected_to to work with :only_path => false #1204 [Alisdair McDiarmid]
+
 * Fixed render_partial_collection to output an empty string instead of nil when handed an empty array #1202 [Ryan Carver]
 
 * Improved the speed of regular expression expirations for caching by a factor of 10 #1221 [Jamis Buck]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
index e46e868ff5..00388f8f59 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module Test #:nodoc:
             @response.redirected_to == options
           else
             options.keys.all? do |k| 
-              options[k] == (@response.redirected_to[k].respond_to?(:to_param) ? @response.redirected_to[k].to_param : @response.redirected_to[k] if @response.redirected_to[k])
+              options[k] == (@response.redirected_to[k].respond_to?(:to_param) ? @response.redirected_to[k].to_param : @response.redirected_to[k] unless @response.redirected_to[k].nil?)
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
index fafff144df..ee20457508 100755
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ class RedirectController < ActionController::Base
     redirect_to :dashbord_url, 1, "hello"
   end
   
+  def host_redirect
+    redirect_to :action => "other_host", :only_path => false, :host => 'other.test.host'
+  end
+
   def rescue_errors(e) raise e end
   
   protected
@@ -33,4 +37,9 @@ class RedirectTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     get :method_redirect
     assert_redirect_url "http://test.host/redirect/dashboard/1?message=hello"
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  def test_simple_redirect_using_options
+    get :host_redirect
+    assert_redirected_to :action => "other_host", :only_path => false, :host => 'other.test.host'
+  end
+end