diff --git a/cake/libs/router.php b/cake/libs/router.php
index e122d497c..5ea3d13da 100644
--- a/cake/libs/router.php
+++ b/cake/libs/router.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class Router extends Object {
 	function parse($url) {
 		$_this =& Router::getInstance();
 		$_this->__connectDefaultRoutes();
-		$out = array();
+		$out = array('pass'=>array());
 		$r = $ext = null;
 
 		if ($url && strpos($url, '/') !== 0) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
index cd404dccd..f47a888be 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class RouterTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->router->parseExtensions();
 
 		$result = $this->router->parse('/posts.rss');
-		$expected = array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => null, 'url' => array ('ext' => 'rss'));
+		$expected = array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => null, 'url' => array ('ext' => 'rss'), 'pass'=> array());
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 
 		$result = $this->router->parse('/posts/view/1.rss');
@@ -246,11 +246,11 @@ class RouterTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->router->parseExtensions('rss', 'xml');
 
 		$result = $this->router->parse('/posts.xml');
-		$expected = array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => null, 'url' => array ('ext' => 'xml'));
+		$expected = array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => null, 'url' => array ('ext' => 'xml'), 'pass'=> array());
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 
 		$result = $this->router->parse('/posts.atom?hello=goodbye');
-		$expected = array('controller' => 'posts.atom', 'action' => null);
+		$expected = array('controller' => 'posts.atom', 'action' => null, 'pass'=> array());
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 
 		$this->router->reload();