diff --git a/cake/libs/inflector.php b/cake/libs/inflector.php
index 91c7e98ab..71f07b4e3 100644
--- a/cake/libs/inflector.php
+++ b/cake/libs/inflector.php
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ class Inflector extends Object {
 			'nexus', 'Niasese', 'Pekingese', 'Piedmontese', 'pincers', 'Pistoiese', 'pliers', 'Portuguese', 'proceedings',
 			'rabies', 'rice', 'rhinoceros', 'salmon', 'Sarawakese', 'scissors', 'sea[- ]bass', 'series', 'Shavese', 'shears',
 			'siemens', 'species', 'swine', 'testes', 'trousers', 'trout', 'tuna', 'Vermontese', 'Wenchowese',
-			'whiting', 'wildebeest', 'Yengeese');
+			'whiting', 'wildebeest', 'Yengeese'
+		);
 
 		$coreIrregularSingular = array(
 			'atlases' => 'atlas',
@@ -349,7 +350,9 @@ class Inflector extends Object {
 			'soliloquies' => 'soliloquy',
 			'testes' => 'testis',
 			'trilbys' => 'trilby',
-			'turfs' => 'turf');
+			'turfs' => 'turf',
+			'waves' => 'wave'
+		);
 
 		$singularRules = Set::pushDiff($this->__singularRules, $coreSingularRules);
 		$uninflected = Set::pushDiff($this->__uninflectedSingular, $coreUninflectedSingular);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php
index 9aa007187..2c293bb53 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class InflectorTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::singularize('taxes'), 'tax');
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::singularize('faxes'), 'fax');
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::singularize('waxes'), 'wax');
+		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::singularize('waves'), 'wave');
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::singularize(''), '');
 	}
 /**
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ class InflectorTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::pluralize('people'), 'people');
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::pluralize('glove'), 'gloves');
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::pluralize('crisis'), 'crises');
+		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::pluralize('wave'), 'waves');
 		$this->assertEqual(Inflector::pluralize(''), '');
 	}
 /**