diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeNumberTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeNumberTest.php
index bb3fe92ee..9ce874d1d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeNumberTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeNumberTest.php
@@ -141,31 +141,31 @@ class CakeNumberTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	public function testMultibyteFormat() {
 		$value = '5199100.0006';
 		$result = $this->Number->format($value, array(
-			'thousands'	=> ' ',
-			'decimals'	=> '&',
-			'places'	=> 3,
-			'escape'	=> false,
-			'before'	=> '',
+			'thousands' => ' ',
+			'decimals' => '&',
+			'places' => 3,
+			'escape' => false,
+			'before' => '',
 		));
 		$expected = '5 199 100&001';
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
 		$value = 1000.45;
 		$result = $this->Number->format($value, array(
-			'thousands'	=> ',,',
-			'decimals'	=> '.a',
-			'escape'	=> false,
+			'thousands' => ',,',
+			'decimals' => '.a',
+			'escape' => false,
 		));
 		$expected = '$1,,000.a45';
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
 		$value = 519919827593784.00;
 		$this->Number->addFormat('RUR', array(
-			'thousands'		=> 'ø€ƒ‡™',
-			'decimals'		=> '(§.§)',
-			'escape'		=> false,
-			'wholeSymbol'	=> '€',
-			'wholePosition'	=> 'after',
+			'thousands' => 'ø€ƒ‡™',
+			'decimals' => '(§.§)',
+			'escape' => false,
+			'wholeSymbol' => '€',
+			'wholePosition' => 'after',
 		));
 		$result = $this->Number->currency($value, 'RUR');
 		$expected = '519ø€ƒ‡™919ø€ƒ‡™827ø€ƒ‡™593ø€ƒ‡™784(§.§)00€';
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ class CakeNumberTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$value = '13371337.1337';
 		$result = CakeNumber::format($value, array(
-			'thousands'	=> '- |-| /-\ >< () |2 -',
-			'decimals'	=> '- £€€† -',
-			'before'	=> ''
+			'thousands' => '- |-| /-\ >< () |2 -',
+			'decimals' => '- £€€† -',
+			'before' => ''
 		));
 		$expected = '13- |-| /-\ &gt;&lt; () |2 -371- |-| /-\ &gt;&lt; () |2 -337- £€€† -13';
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
@@ -335,6 +335,19 @@ class CakeNumberTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that the default fraction handling does not cause issues.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testCurrencyFractionSymbol() {
+		$result = $this->Number->currency(0.2, '', array(
+			'places' => 2,
+			'decimal' => '.'
+		));
+		$this->assertEquals('0.2', $result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Test adding currency format options to the number helper
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeNumber.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeNumber.php
index 8d43c4169..ecba8c04e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeNumber.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeNumber.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class CakeNumber {
  * @var array
  */
 	protected static $_currencyDefaults = array(
-		'wholeSymbol' => '', 'wholePosition' => 'before', 'fractionSymbol' => '', 'fractionPosition' => 'after',
+		'wholeSymbol' => '', 'wholePosition' => 'before', 'fractionSymbol' => false, 'fractionPosition' => 'after',
 		'zero' => '0', 'places' => 2, 'thousands' => ',', 'decimals' => '.', 'negative' => '()', 'escape' => true,
 		'fractionExponent' => 2
 	);