diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 223a459022..ff8a7821dc 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added :handle as an option to sortable_element to restrict the drag handle to a given class #1642 [thejohnny]
+
 * Added a bunch of script.aculo.us features: Effect.ScrollTo, to smoothly scroll the page to an element, better Firefox flickering handling on SlideUp/SlideDown, Removed a possible memory leak in IE with draggables, Added support for cancelling dragging my hitting ESC #1644 [Thomas Fuchs]
 
 * Fixed that named routes didn't use the default values for action and possible other parameters #1534 [Nicholas Seckar]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
index 1512ea0720..c0ef3e3f99 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ module ActionView
         options[:onUpdate] ||= "function(){" + remote_function(options) + "}"
         options.delete_if { |key, value| AJAX_OPTIONS.include?(key) }
         
-        [:tag, :overlap, :constraint].each do |option|
+        [:tag, :overlap, :constraint, :handle].each do |option|
           options[option] = "'#{options[option]}'" if options[option]
         end