diff --git a/cake/libs/cake_request.php b/cake/libs/cake_request.php
index 24870a3cd..52c44fd99 100644
--- a/cake/libs/cake_request.php
+++ b/cake/libs/cake_request.php
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ class CakeRequest implements ArrayAccess {
  * @param string $name Name of the header you want.
  * @return mixed Either false on no header being set or the value of the header.
  */
-	public function header($name) {
+	public static function header($name) {
 		$name = 'HTTP_' . strtoupper(str_replace('-', '_', $name));
 		if (!empty($_SERVER[$name])) {
 			return $_SERVER[$name];
@@ -629,6 +629,26 @@ class CakeRequest implements ArrayAccess {
 		return in_array($type, $acceptTypes);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get the lanaguages accepted by the client, or check if a specific language is accepted.
+ *
+ * @param string $language The language to test.
+ * @return If a $language is provided, a boolean. Otherwise the array of accepted languages.
+ */
+	public static function acceptLanguage($language = null) {
+		$accepts = preg_split('/[;,]/', self::header('Accept-Language'));
+		foreach ($accepts as &$accept) {
+			$accept = strtolower($accept);
+			if (strpos($accept, '_') !== false) {
+				$accept = str_replace('_', '-', $accept);
+			}
+		}
+		if ($language === null) {
+			return $accepts;
+		}
+		return in_array($language, $accepts);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Provides a read/write accessor for `$this->data`.  Allows you
  * to use a syntax similar to `CakeSession` for reading post data.
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php
index f452631c1..010a9cff0 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php
@@ -1338,6 +1338,27 @@ class CakeRequestTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame('', $request->data['Post']['empty']);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test accept language
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testAcceptLanguage() {
+		$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] = 'inexistent,en-ca';
+		$result = CakeRequest::acceptLanguage();
+		$this->assertEquals(array('inexistent', 'en-ca'), $result, 'Languages do not match');
+
+		$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] = 'es_mx;en_ca';
+		$result = CakeRequest::acceptLanguage();
+		$this->assertEquals(array('es-mx', 'en-ca'), $result, 'Languages do not match');
+		
+		$result = CakeRequest::acceptLanguage('en-ca');
+		$this->assertTrue($result);
+
+		$result = CakeRequest::acceptLanguage('en-us');
+		$this->assertFalse($result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * backupEnvironment method
  *