diff --git a/cake/libs/inflector.php b/cake/libs/inflector.php
index c4bf31625..750fa94d4 100644
--- a/cake/libs/inflector.php
+++ b/cake/libs/inflector.php
@@ -411,8 +411,20 @@ class Inflector extends Object {
 		$variable = preg_replace('/\\w/', $replace, $string, 1);
 		return $variable;
 	}
+/**
+ * Returns a string with all spaces converted to $replacement and non word characters removed.
+ *
+ * @param string $string
+ * @param string $replacement
+ * @return string
+ * @access public
+ * @static
+ */
+	function slug($string, $replacement = '_') {
+		$string = preg_replace(array('/[^\w\s]/', '/\\s+/') , array(' ', $replacement), $string);
+		return $string;
+	}
 }
-
 /**
  * Enclose a string for preg matching.
  *
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php
index 994e4fd62..c828770ee 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/inflector.test.php
@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ class InflectorTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 	}
 
+	function testInflectorSlug() {
+		$result = $this->Inflector->slug('Foo Bar: Not just for breakfast any-more');
+		$expected = 'Foo_Bar_Not_just_for_breakfast_any_more';
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->Inflector->slug('Foo Bar: Not just for breakfast any-more', "-");
+		$expected = 'Foo-Bar-Not-just-for-breakfast-any-more';
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->Inflector->slug('Foo Bar: Not just for breakfast any-more', "+");
+		$expected = 'Foo+Bar+Not+just+for+breakfast+any+more';
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+	}
+
 	function tearDown() {
 		unset($this->Inflector);
 	}