diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
index cce7fedfc..145fda8a8 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
@@ -952,6 +952,8 @@ class Controller extends Object {
 
 		if ($page == 'last' || $page >= $pageCount) {
 			$options['page'] = $page = $pageCount;
+		} elseif (intval($page) < 1) {
+			$options['page'] = $page = 1;
 		}
 
 		if (method_exists($object, 'paginate')) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
index 9997f88ef..8ef1d1c9c 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ class ControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$Controller->uses[0] = 'Plugin.ControllerPost';
 		$results = Set::extract($Controller->paginate(), '{n}.ControllerPost.id');
 		$this->assertEqual($results, array(1, 2, 3));
+
+		$Controller->passedArgs = array('page' => '-1');
+		$results = Set::extract($Controller->paginate('ControllerPost'), '{n}.ControllerPost.id');
+		$this->assertEqual($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['page'], 1);
+		$this->assertEqual($results, array(1, 2, 3));
 	}
 }