diff --git a/cake/basics.php b/cake/basics.php
index 039d1c42e..516fe746b 100644
--- a/cake/basics.php
+++ b/cake/basics.php
@@ -220,9 +220,10 @@ if (!function_exists('array_combine')) {
  *
  * @param string $name The name you want to plugin split.
  * @param boolean $dotAppend Set to true if you want the plugin to have a '.' appended to it.
+ * @param string $plugin Optional default plugin to use if no plugin is found. Defaults to null.
  * @return array Array with 2 indexes.  0 => plugin name, 1 => classname
  */
-	function pluginSplit($name, $dotAppend = false) {
+	function pluginSplit($name, $dotAppend = false, $plugin = null) {
 		if (strpos($name, '.') !== false) {
 			$parts = explode('.', $name, 2);
 			if ($dotAppend) {
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ if (!function_exists('array_combine')) {
 			}
 			return $parts;
 		}
-		return array(null, $name);
+		return array($plugin, $name);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php
index ff39e9fa1..bb24c70f9 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php
@@ -773,18 +773,24 @@ class BasicsTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	function testPluginSplit() {
 		$result = pluginSplit('Something.else');
 		$this->assertEqual($result, array('Something', 'else'));
-		
+
 		$result = pluginSplit('Something.else.more.dots');
 		$this->assertEqual($result, array('Something', 'else.more.dots'));
 
 		$result = pluginSplit('Somethingelse');
 		$this->assertEqual($result, array(null, 'Somethingelse'));
-		
+
 		$result = pluginSplit('Something.else', true);
 		$this->assertEqual($result, array('Something.', 'else'));
-		
+
 		$result = pluginSplit('Something.else.more.dots', true);
 		$this->assertEqual($result, array('Something.', 'else.more.dots'));
+
+		$result = pluginSplit('Post', false, 'Blog');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, array('Blog', 'Post'));
+
+		$result = pluginSplit('Blog.Post', false, 'Ultimate');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, array('Blog', 'Post'));
 	}
 }
 ?>
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