diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
index 88422256e..570e57cc6 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -5836,6 +5836,35 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that a checkbox can have 0 for the value and 1 for the hidden input.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testCheckboxZeroValue() {
+		$result = $this->Form->input('User.get_spam', array(
+			'type' => 'checkbox',
+			'value' => '0',
+			'hiddenField' => '1',
+		));
+		$expected = array(
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input checkbox'),
+			array('input' => array(
+				'type' => 'hidden', 'name' => 'data[User][get_spam]',
+				'value' => '1', 'id' => 'UserGetSpam_'
+			)),
+			array('input' => array(
+				'type' => 'checkbox', 'name' => 'data[User][get_spam]',
+				'value' => '0', 'id' => 'UserGetSpam'
+			)),
+			'label' => array('for' => 'UserGetSpam'),
+			'Get Spam',
+			'/label',
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testDateTime method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index 211cc84fc..32f1257be 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -1402,14 +1402,11 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 			unset($options['default']);
 		}
 
-		$options += array('required' => false);
+		$options += array('value' => 1, 'required' => false);
 		$options = $this->_initInputField($fieldName, $options) + array('hiddenField' => true);
 		$value = current($this->value($valueOptions));
 		$output = '';
 
-		if (empty($options['value'])) {
-			$options['value'] = 1;
-		}
 		if (
 			(!isset($options['checked']) && !empty($value) && $value == $options['value']) ||
 			!empty($options['checked'])