diff --git a/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php b/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
index b464728c8..3c0688240 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
@@ -1087,6 +1087,40 @@ class Router {
 		return $out;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Reverses a parsed parameter array into an array.
+ *
+ * Works similarly to Router::url(), but since parsed URL's contain additional
+ * 'pass' and 'named' as well as 'url.url' keys. Those keys need to be specially
+ * handled in order to reverse a params array into a string URL.
+ *
+ * This will strip out 'autoRender', 'bare', 'requested', and 'return' param names as those
+ * are used for CakePHP internals and should not normally be part of an output URL.
+ *
+ * @param CakeRequest|array $params The params array or CakeRequest object that needs to be reversed.
+ * @return array The URL array ready to be used for redirect or HTML link.
+ */
+	public static function reverseToArray($params) {
+		if ($params instanceof CakeRequest) {
+			$url = $params->query;
+			$params = $params->params;
+		} else {
+			$url = $params['url'];
+		}
+		$pass = isset($params['pass']) ? $params['pass'] : array();
+		$named = isset($params['named']) ? $params['named'] : array();
+		unset(
+			$params['pass'], $params['named'], $params['paging'], $params['models'], $params['url'], $url['url'],
+			$params['autoRender'], $params['bare'], $params['requested'], $params['return'],
+			$params['_Token']
+		);
+		$params = array_merge($params, $pass, $named);
+		if (!empty($url)) {
+			$params['?'] = $url;
+		}
+		return $params;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Reverses a parsed parameter array into a string.
  *
@@ -1103,24 +1137,7 @@ class Router {
  * @return string The string that is the reversed result of the array
  */
 	public static function reverse($params, $full = false) {
-		if ($params instanceof CakeRequest) {
-			$url = $params->query;
-			$params = $params->params;
-		} else {
-			$url = $params['url'];
-		}
-		$pass = isset($params['pass']) ? $params['pass'] : array();
-		$named = isset($params['named']) ? $params['named'] : array();
-
-		unset(
-			$params['pass'], $params['named'], $params['paging'], $params['models'], $params['url'], $url['url'],
-			$params['autoRender'], $params['bare'], $params['requested'], $params['return'],
-			$params['_Token']
-		);
-		$params = array_merge($params, $pass, $named);
-		if (!empty($url)) {
-			$params['?'] = $url;
-		}
+		$params = Router::reverseToArray($params, $full);
 		return Router::url($params, $full);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php
index fc4298246..46d89fac6 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php
@@ -2464,9 +2464,8 @@ class RouterTest extends CakeTestCase {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function testRouterReverse() {
+	public function testReverseToken() {
 		Router::$initialized = true;
-
 		$params = array(
 			'controller' => 'posts',
 			'action' => 'view',
@@ -2481,17 +2480,21 @@ class RouterTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$result = Router::reverse($params);
 		$this->assertEquals('/posts/view/1', $result);
+	}
 
+	public function testReverseNamed() {
 		$params = array(
 			'controller' => 'posts',
 			'action' => 'index',
 			'pass' => array(1),
 			'named' => array('page' => 1, 'sort' => 'Article.title', 'direction' => 'desc'),
-			'url' => array()
+			'url' => array(),
 		);
 		$result = Router::reverse($params);
 		$this->assertEquals('/posts/index/1/page:1/sort:Article.title/direction:desc', $result);
+	}
 
+	public function testReverseLocalized() {
 		Router::connect('/:lang/:controller/:action/*', array(), array('lang' => '[a-z]{3}'));
 		$params = array(
 			'lang' => 'eng',
@@ -2499,11 +2502,14 @@ class RouterTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'action' => 'view',
 			'pass' => array(1),
 			'named' => array(),
-			'url' => array('url' => 'eng/posts/view/1')
+			'url' => array('url' => 'eng/posts/view/1'),
 		);
 		$result = Router::reverse($params);
 		$this->assertEquals('/eng/posts/view/1', $result);
+	}
 
+	public function testReverseArrayQuery() {
+		Router::connect('/:lang/:controller/:action/*', array(), array('lang' => '[a-z]{3}'));
 		$params = array(
 			'lang' => 'eng',
 			'controller' => 'posts',
@@ -2512,11 +2518,14 @@ class RouterTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'named' => array(),
 			'url' => array('url' => 'eng/posts/view/1', 'foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'quu'),
 			'paging' => array(),
-			'models' => array()
+			'models' => array(),
 		);
 		$result = Router::reverse($params);
 		$this->assertEquals('/eng/posts/view/1?foo=bar&baz=quu', $result);
+	}
 
+	public function testReverseCakeRequestQuery() {
+		Router::connect('/:lang/:controller/:action/*', array(), array('lang' => '[a-z]{3}'));
 		$request = new CakeRequest('/eng/posts/view/1');
 		$request->addParams(array(
 			'lang' => 'eng',
@@ -2529,19 +2538,64 @@ class RouterTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = Router::reverse($request);
 		$expected = '/eng/posts/view/1?test=value';
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
 
+	public function testReverseFull() {
+		Router::connect('/:lang/:controller/:action/*', array(), array('lang' => '[a-z]{3}'));
 		$params = array(
 			'lang' => 'eng',
 			'controller' => 'posts',
 			'action' => 'view',
 			'pass' => array(1),
 			'named' => array(),
-			'url' => array('url' => 'eng/posts/view/1')
+			'url' => array('url' => 'eng/posts/view/1'),
 		);
 		$result = Router::reverse($params, true);
 		$this->assertRegExp('/^http(s)?:\/\//', $result);
 	}
 
+	public function testReverseToArrayNamed() {
+		$params = array(
+			'controller' => 'posts',
+			'action' => 'index',
+			'pass' => array(123),
+			'named' => array('page' => 123, 'sort' => 'Article.title', 'direction' => 'desc'),
+			'url' => array(),
+		);
+		$result = Router::reverseToArray($params);
+		$expected = array(
+			'controller' => 'posts',
+			'action' => 'index',
+			123,
+			'page' => 123,
+			'sort' => 'Article.title',
+			'direction' => 'desc',
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
+	public function testReverseToArrayCakeRequestQuery() {
+		$request = new CakeRequest('/posts/view/123');
+		$request->addParams(array(
+			'controller' => 'posts',
+			'action' => 'view',
+			'pass' => array(123),
+			'named' => array(),
+		));
+		$request->query = array('url' => 'eng/posts/view/123', 'test' => 'value');
+		$result = Router::reverseToArray($request);
+		$expected = array(
+			'plugin' => null,
+			'controller' => 'posts',
+			'action' => 'view',
+			123,
+			'?' => array(
+				'test' => 'value',
+			),
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Test that extensions work with Router::reverse()
  *