diff --git a/cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php b/cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php
index 6af92f463..6ccb28cbb 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@ class CakeSchema extends Object {
 				}
 			}
 			if (isset($old[$table]['tableParameters']) && isset($new[$table]['tableParameters'])) {
-				
+				$diff = $this->_compareTableParameters($new[$table]['tableParameters'], $old[$table]['tableParameters']);
+				if ($diff) {
+					$tables[$table]['drop']['tableParameters'] = $diff['drop'];
+					$tables[$table]['add']['tableParameters'] = $diff['add'];
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return $tables;
@@ -567,6 +571,17 @@ class CakeSchema extends Object {
 		return $columns;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Compare two schema files table Parameters
+ *
+ * @param array $new New indexes
+ * @param array $old Old indexes
+ * @return mixed False on failure, or an array of parameters to add & drop.
+ **/
+	function _compareTableParameters($new, $old) {
+		
+	}
+
 /**
  * Compare two schema indexes
  *
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/cake_schema.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/cake_schema.test.php
index a2ac69a51..d8788bb00 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/cake_schema.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/cake_schema.test.php
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ class CakeSchemaTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				),
 				'drop' => array(
 					'article_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false),
-					'tableParameters' => array()
 				),
 				'change' => array(
 					'comment' => array('type' => 'text', 'null' => false, 'default' => null)