diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
index 3e07ef9bd..ec66579aa 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
@@ -632,7 +632,10 @@ class JavascriptHelper extends AppHelper {
 
 			foreach ($data as $key => $val) {
 				if (is_array($val) || is_object($val)) {
-					$val = $this->object($val, array_merge($options, array('block' => false)));
+					$val = $this->object(
+						$val,
+						array_merge($options, array('block' => false, 'prefix' => '', 'postfix' => ''))
+					);
 				} else {
 					$quoteStrings = (
 						!count($options['stringKeys']) ||
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/javascript.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/javascript.test.php
index e9bffea7a..83c1b74d0 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/javascript.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/javascript.test.php
@@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ class JavascriptTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			$result = $this->Javascript->object($data);
 			$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 		}
+		
+		$object = array('title' => 'New thing', 'indexes' => array(5, 6, 7, 8), 'object' => array('inner' => array('value' => 1)));
+		$result = $this->Javascript->object($object, array('prefix' => 'PREFIX', 'postfix' => 'POSTFIX'));
+		$this->assertPattern('/^PREFIX/', $result);
+		$this->assertPattern('/POSTFIX$/', $result);
+		$this->assertNoPattern('/.PREFIX./', $result);
+		$this->assertNoPattern('/.POSTFIX./', $result);
 
 		if ($this->Javascript->useNative) {
 			$this->Javascript->useNative = false;