diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
index 87799cfbc..7cdcdb5bd 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -1147,6 +1147,17 @@ TEXT;
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $content);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Make sure that extending the current view with itself causes an exception
+ *
+ * @expectedException LogicException
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtendSelf() {
+		$this->View->layout = false;
+		$this->View->render('extend_self');
+	}
+
 /**
  * Test extend() in an element and a view.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Posts/extend_self.ctp b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Posts/extend_self.ctp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3515819bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Posts/extend_self.ctp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?php $this->extend('extend_self'); ?>
+To infinifty and beyond.
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index a5b096505..ba329cdc1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -633,6 +633,9 @@ class View extends Object {
 			break;
 		
 		}
+		if ($parent == $this->_current) {
+			throw new LogicException(__d('cake_dev', 'You cannot have views extend themselves.'));
+		}
 		$this->_parents[$this->_current] = $parent;
 	}