diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index b94f0e2f6e..6bb633ed2d 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Allow link_to_remote to use any DOM-element as the parent of the form elements to be submitted #2137 [erik@ruby-lang.nl]. Example:
+
+    <tr id="row023">
+      <td><input name="foo"/></td>
+      <td><input name="bar"/></td>
+      <td><%= link_to_remote 'Save', :update => "row023",
+            :submit => "row023", :url => {:action => 'save_row'} %></td>
+    </tr>
+
 * Fixed that render :partial would fail when :object was a Hash (due to backwards compatibility issues) #2148 [Sam Stephenson]
 
 * Fixed JavascriptHelper#auto_complete_for to only include unique items #2153 [Thomas Fuchs]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
index 90b7100dff..3a120bf306 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ module ActionView
       # <tt>:before</tt>::       Called before request is initiated.
       # <tt>:after</tt>::        Called immediately after request was
       #                          initiated and before <tt>:loading</tt>.
+      # <tt>:submit</tt>::       Specifies the DOM element ID that's used
+      #                          as the parent of the form elements. By 
+      #                          default this is the current form, but
+      #                          it could just as well be the ID of a
+      #                          table row or any other DOM element.
       def link_to_remote(name, options = {}, html_options = {})  
         link_to_function(name, remote_function(options), html_options)
       end
@@ -531,6 +536,8 @@ module ActionView
 
         if options[:form]
           js_options['parameters'] = 'Form.serialize(this)'
+        elsif options[:submit]
+          js_options['parameters'] = "Form.serialize(document.getElementById('#{options[:submit]}'))"
         elsif options[:with]
           js_options['parameters'] = options[:with]
         end