diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php
index b652e9e54..61de93e9e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php
@@ -390,7 +390,12 @@ class ExtractTask extends Shell {
 
 			foreach ($rules as $rule => $validateProp) {
 				if (isset($validateProp['message'])) {
-					$this->_strings[$domain][$validateProp['message']][$file][] = 'validation for field ' . $field;
+					if (is_array($validateProp['message'])) {
+						$message = $validateProp['message'][0];
+					} else {
+						$message = $validateProp['message'];
+					}
+					$this->_strings[$domain][$message][$file][] = 'validation for field ' . $field;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -504,7 +509,7 @@ class ExtractTask extends Shell {
 		$output .= "\"Plural-Forms: nplurals=INTEGER; plural=EXPRESSION;\\n\"\n\n";
 		return $output;
 	}
-	
+
 /**
  * Get the strings from the position forward
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
index e980fb4cd..f8bd33103 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
@@ -2271,7 +2271,7 @@ class Model extends Object {
 				return null;
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		return $query;
 	}
 
@@ -2754,6 +2754,13 @@ class Model extends Object {
 								} else {
 									$validator['message'] = __d($validationDomain, $message);
 								}
+							} elseif (is_array($validator['message'])) {
+								if (count($validator['message']) > 1) {
+									$args = array_slice($validator['message'], 1);
+								} else {
+									$args = $validator['rule'];
+								}
+								$validator['message'] = __d($validationDomain, $validator['message'][0], $args);
 							}
 							$this->invalidate($fieldName, $validator['message']);
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php
index 4032d5109..a0ee63330 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ class ExtractTaskTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$pattern = '#msgid "Post title is required"#';
 		$this->assertPattern($pattern, $result);
 
+		$pattern = '#msgid "You may enter up to %s chars \(minimum is %s chars\)"#';
+		$this->assertPattern($pattern, $result);
+
 		$pattern = '#msgid "Post body is required"#';
 		$this->assertPattern($pattern, $result);
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
index bf9282955..14201ae53 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelValidationTest.php
@@ -682,4 +682,35 @@ class ModelValidationTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		$this->assertEquals($TestModel->validationErrors, array());
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test placeholder replacement when validation message is an array
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testValidationMessageAsArray() {
+		$TestModel = new ValidationTest1();
+		$TestModel->create(array('title' => 'foo'));
+		$TestModel->validate = array(
+			'title' => array(
+				'minLength' => array(
+					'rule' => array('minLength', 6),
+					'message' => array('Minimum length allowed is %d chars'),
+					'last' => false
+				),
+				'between' => array(
+					'rule' => array('between', 5, 15),
+					'message' => array('You may enter up to %s chars (minimum is %s chars)', 14, 6)
+				)
+			)
+		);
+		$TestModel->invalidFields();
+		$expected = array(
+			'title' => array(
+				'Minimum length allowed is 6 chars',
+				'You may enter up to 14 chars (minimum is 6 chars)'
+			)
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals($TestModel->validationErrors, $expected);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/Model/PersisterOne.php b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/Model/PersisterOne.php
index 716d29edc..5e4b89928 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/Model/PersisterOne.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/Model/PersisterOne.php
@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@ class PersisterOne extends AppModel {
 	public $hasMany = array('Comment', 'TestPlugin.TestPluginComment');
 	public $validate = array(
 		'title' => array(
-			'rule' => array('custom', '.*'),
-			'allowEmpty' => true,
-			'required' => false,
-			'message' => 'Post title is required'
+			'custom' => array(
+				'rule' => array('custom', '.*'),
+				'allowEmpty' => true,
+				'required' => false,
+				'message' => 'Post title is required'
+			),
+			'between' => array(
+				'rule' => array('between', 5, 15),
+				'message' => array('You may enter up to %s chars (minimum is %s chars)', 14, 6)
+			)
 		),
 		'body' => array(
 			'first_rule' => array(