diff --git a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
index 4d8fd4050..77228fef6 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
@@ -516,7 +516,8 @@ abstract class CakeTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	protected function _assertAttributes($assertions, $string) {
 		$asserts = $assertions['attrs'];
 		$explains = $assertions['explains'];
-		while (count($asserts) > 0) {
+		$len = count($asserts);
+		do {
 			$matches = false;
 			foreach ($asserts as $j => $assert) {
 				if (preg_match(sprintf('/^%s/s', $assert), $string, $match)) {
@@ -530,7 +531,8 @@ abstract class CakeTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			if ($matches === false) {
 				$this->assertTrue(false, 'Attribute did not match. Was expecting ' . $explains[$j]);
 			}
-		}
+			$len = count($asserts);
+		} while ($len > 0);
 		return $string;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/HtmlHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/HtmlHelper.php
index 6ce3cfafa..d26ba64f3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/HtmlHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/HtmlHelper.php
@@ -713,14 +713,15 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/html.html#creating-breadcrumb-trails-with-htmlhelper
  */
 	public function getCrumbList($options = array(), $startText = false) {
-		$defaults = array('firstClass' => 'first', 'lastClass' => 'last', 'separator' => '');
+		$defaults = array('firstClass' => 'first', 'lastClass' => 'last', 'separator' => '', 'escape' => true);
 		$options = array_merge($defaults, (array)$options);
 		$firstClass = $options['firstClass'];
 		$lastClass = $options['lastClass'];
 		$separator = $options['separator'];
-		unset($options['firstClass'], $options['lastClass'], $options['separator']);
+		$escape = $options['escape'];
+		unset($options['firstClass'], $options['lastClass'], $options['separator'], $options['escape']);
 
-		$crumbs = $this->_prepareCrumbs($startText);
+		$crumbs = $this->_prepareCrumbs($startText, $escape);
 		if (empty($crumbs)) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -752,9 +753,10 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
  * Prepends startText to crumbs array if set
  *
  * @param string $startText Text to prepend
+ * @param boolean $escape If the output should be escaped or not
  * @return array Crumb list including startText (if provided)
  */
-	protected function _prepareCrumbs($startText) {
+	protected function _prepareCrumbs($startText, $escape = true) {
 		$crumbs = $this->_crumbs;
 		if ($startText) {
 			if (!is_array($startText)) {
@@ -766,7 +768,7 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
 			$startText += array('url' => '/', 'text' => __d('cake', 'Home'));
 			list($url, $text) = array($startText['url'], $startText['text']);
 			unset($startText['url'], $startText['text']);
-			array_unshift($crumbs, array($text, $url, $startText));
+			array_unshift($crumbs, array($text, $url, $startText + array('escape' => $escape)));
 		}
 		return $crumbs;
 	}