diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php
index 3f1f4b9a6..eb1cddfa4 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class JqueryEngineHelper extends JsBaseEngineHelper {
 			'type' => 'dataType',
 			'complete' => 'success',
 			'request' => 'beforeSend',
+		),
+		'sortable' => array(
+			'complete' => 'stop',
 		)
 	);
 /**
@@ -142,5 +145,21 @@ class JqueryEngineHelper extends JsBaseEngineHelper {
 		$options = $this->_parseOptions($options, $callbacks);
 		return '$.ajax({' . $options .'});';
 	}
+/**
+ * Create a sortable element.
+ *
+ * Requires both Ui.Core and Ui.Sortables to be loaded.
+ *
+ * @param array $options Array of options for the sortable.
+ * @return string Completed sortable script.
+ * @see JsHelper::sortable() for options list.
+ **/
+	function sortable($options = array()) {
+		$options = $this->_mapOptions('sortable', $options);
+		$callbacks = array('start', 'sort', 'change', 'beforeStop', 'stop', 'update', 'receive', 'remove', 
+			'over', 'out', 'activate', 'deactivate');
+		$options = $this->_parseOptions($options, $callbacks);
+		return $this->selection . '.sortable({' . $options . '});';
+	}
 }
 ?>
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diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php
index 1758255e8..90e048c11 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php
@@ -154,5 +154,21 @@ class JqueryEngineHelperTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 		$expected = '$.ajax({method:"post", error:handleError, data:"name=jim&height=185cm", dataType:"json", success:doSuccess, url:"/people/edit/1"});';
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 	}
+/**
+ * test sortable list generation
+ *
+ * @return void
+ **/
+	function testSortable() {
+		$result = $this->Jquery->get('#myList')->sortable(array(
+			'distance' => 5,
+			'containment' => 'parent',
+			'start' => 'onStart',
+			'complete' => 'onStop',
+			'sort' => 'onSort',
+		));
+		$expected = '$("#myList").sortable({distance:5, containment:"parent", start:onStart, sort:onSort, stop:onStop});';
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+	}
 }
 ?>
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