diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeEmail.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeEmail.php
index 8f985e4b3..f08f6e633 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeEmail.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeEmail.php
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ class CakeEmail {
  */
 	protected $_template = '';
 
+/**
+ * View for render
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+	protected $_viewRender = 'View';
+
 /**
  * Text message
  *
@@ -651,6 +658,16 @@ class CakeEmail {
 		}
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Set view class for render
+ *
+ * @param string $viewClass
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function setViewRender($viewClass) {
+		$this->_viewRender = $viewClass;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Set the email format
  *
@@ -823,6 +840,7 @@ class CakeEmail {
 		$this->_headers = array();
 		$this->_layout = 'default';
 		$this->_template = '';
+		$this->_viewRender = 'View';
 		$this->_textMessage = '';
 		$this->_htmlMessage = '';
 		$this->_message = '';
@@ -1008,16 +1026,16 @@ class CakeEmail {
  * @access private
  */
 	function _render($content) {
-		$viewClass = $this->Controller->view;
+		$viewClass = $this->_viewRender;
 
 		if ($viewClass !== 'View') {
 			list($plugin, $viewClass) = pluginSplit($viewClass);
 			$viewClass = $viewClass . 'View';
-			App::import('View', $this->Controller->view);
+			App::import('View', $this->_viewRender);
 		}
 
-		$View = new $viewClass($this->Controller);
-		$View->layout = $this->layout;
+		$View = new $viewClass(null);
+		$View->layout = $this->_layout;
 		$msg = array();
 
 		$content = implode("\n", $content);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/tests/Case/Network/CakeEmailTest.php b/lib/Cake/tests/Case/Network/CakeEmailTest.php
index 1964d8287..df938da40 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/tests/Case/Network/CakeEmailTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/tests/Case/Network/CakeEmailTest.php
@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
 		$this->CakeEmail = new TestCakeEmail();
+
+		App::build(array(
+			'views' => array(TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'views'. DS)
+		));
+	}
+
+/**
+ * tearDown method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function tearDown() {
+		parent::tearDown();
+		App::build();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -381,6 +395,27 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertTrue((bool)strpos(DebugTransport::$lastHeader, 'To: '));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * testSendRender method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSendRender() {
+		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
+		$this->CakeEmail->setTransport('debug');
+		DebugTransport::$includeAddresses = true;
+
+		$this->CakeEmail->setFrom('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->setTo(array('you@cakephp.org' => 'You'));
+		$this->CakeEmail->setSubject('My title');
+		$this->CakeEmail->setLayout('default', 'default');
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send();
+
+		$this->assertTrue((bool)strpos(DebugTransport::$lastEmail, 'This email was sent using the CakePHP Framework'));
+		$this->assertTrue((bool)strpos(DebugTransport::$lastHeader, 'Message-ID: '));
+		$this->assertTrue((bool)strpos(DebugTransport::$lastHeader, 'To: '));
+	}
+
 /**
  * testReset method
  *