diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index fe669ac9..398e3b54 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ You can use the <tt>visit</tt> method to navigate to other pages:
 The visit method only takes a single parameter, the request method is *always*
 GET.
 
+You can get the current path of the browsing session for test assertions:
+
+    current_path.should == post_comments_path(post)
+
 === Clicking links and buttons
 
 You can interact with the webapp by following links and buttons. Capybara
diff --git a/lib/capybara/driver/base.rb b/lib/capybara/driver/base.rb
index c9880e42..f5d10526 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/driver/base.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/driver/base.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ class Capybara::Driver::Base
     raise NotImplementedError
   end
 
+  def current_path
+    URI.parse(current_url).path
+  end
+
   def visit(path)
     raise NotImplementedError
   end
diff --git a/lib/capybara/driver/rack_test_driver.rb b/lib/capybara/driver/rack_test_driver.rb
index ca03b90c..c22ed247 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/driver/rack_test_driver.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/driver/rack_test_driver.rb
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Capybara::Driver::RackTest < Capybara::Driver::Base
   end
 
   def process(method, path, attributes = {})
-    return if path.gsub(/^#{current_path}/, '') =~ /^#/
+    return if path.gsub(/^#{request_path}/, '') =~ /^#/
     send(method, path, attributes, env)
     follow_redirects!
   end
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class Capybara::Driver::RackTest < Capybara::Driver::Base
   end
 
   def submit(method, path, attributes)
-    path = current_path if not path or path.empty?
+    path = request_path if not path or path.empty?
     send(method, path, attributes, env)
     follow_redirects!
   end
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ private
     Rack::MockSession.new(app, Capybara.default_host || "www.example.com")
   end
 
-  def current_path
+  def request_path
     request.path rescue ""
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/capybara/session.rb b/lib/capybara/session.rb
index 2994bf81..1f4767fd 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/session.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/session.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Capybara
       :has_no_content?, :has_no_css?, :has_no_xpath?, :has_xpath?, :locate, :save_and_open_page, :select, :source, :uncheck,
       :visit, :wait_until, :within, :within_fieldset, :within_table, :within_frame, :has_link?, :has_no_link?, :has_button?,
       :has_no_button?,    :has_field?, :has_no_field?, :has_checked_field?, :has_unchecked_field?, :has_no_table?, :has_table?,
-      :unselect, :has_select?, :has_no_select?
+      :unselect, :has_select?, :has_no_select?, :current_path
     ]
 
     attr_reader :mode, :app
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module Capybara
 
     def_delegator :driver, :cleanup!
     def_delegator :driver, :current_url
+    def_delegator :driver, :current_path
     def_delegator :driver, :response_headers
     def_delegator :driver, :status_code
     def_delegator :driver, :visit
diff --git a/lib/capybara/spec/driver.rb b/lib/capybara/spec/driver.rb
index 0a01bd5a..fe0df84c 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/spec/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/spec/driver.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ shared_examples_for 'driver' do
       @driver.visit('/foo')
       @driver.current_url.should include('/foo')
     end
+
+    it 'should show the correct location' do
+      @driver.visit('/foo')
+      @driver.current_path.should == '/foo'
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#body' do