diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 82761958e..69e87f0e9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ before_script:
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'pgsql' ]; then psql -c 'CREATE SCHEMA test3;' -U postgres -d cakephp_test; fi"
   - chmod -R 777 ./app/tmp
   - sudo apt-get install lighttpd
+  - if [[ ${TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION:0:3} == "5.3" ]] ; then pecl install timezonedb ; fi
   - sh -c "if [ '$PHPCS' = '1' ]; then composer global require 'cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer:1.*'; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$PHPCS' = '1' ]; then ~/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs --config-set installed_paths ~/.composer/vendor/cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer; fi"
   - echo "extension = memcached.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
index 447af6dca..35499e506 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
@@ -1166,6 +1166,19 @@ class CakeTimeTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertTrue(isset($return['Asia']['Asia/Bangkok']));
 		$this->assertFalse(isset($return['Pacific']));
 
+		$return = CakeTime::listTimezones(null, null, array('abbr' => true));
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($return['Asia']['Asia/Jakarta']));
+		$this->assertEquals('Jakarta - WIB', $return['Asia']['Asia/Jakarta']);
+		$this->assertEquals('Amsterdam - CEST', $return['Europe']['Europe/Amsterdam']);
+
+		$return = CakeTime::listTimezones(null, null, array(
+			'abbr' => true,
+			'before' => ' (',
+			'after' => ')',
+		));
+		$this->assertEquals('Jayapura (WIT)', $return['Asia']['Asia/Jayapura']);
+		$this->assertEquals('Amsterdam (CEST)', $return['Europe']['Europe/Amsterdam']);
+
 		$return = CakeTime::listTimezones('#^(America|Pacific)/#', null, false);
 		$this->assertTrue(isset($return['America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires']));
 		$this->assertTrue(isset($return['Pacific/Tahiti']));
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php
index 0987dce3c..2cfcaff90 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php
@@ -1075,12 +1075,29 @@ class CakeTime {
  * 	Or one of DateTimeZone class constants (PHP 5.3 and above)
  * @param string $country A two-letter ISO 3166-1 compatible country code.
  * 	This option is only used when $filter is set to DateTimeZone::PER_COUNTRY (available only in PHP 5.3 and above)
- * @param bool $group If true (default value) groups the identifiers list by primary region
+ * @param bool|array $options If true (default value) groups the identifiers list by primary region.
+ * 	Otherwise, an array containing `group`, `abbr`, `before`, and `after` keys.
+ * 	Setting `group` and `abbr` to true will group results and append timezone
+ * 	abbreviation in the display value. Set `before` and `after` to customize
+ * 	the abbreviation wrapper.
  * @return array List of timezone identifiers
  * @since 2.2
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/time.html#TimeHelper::listTimezones
  */
-	public static function listTimezones($filter = null, $country = null, $group = true) {
+	public static function listTimezones($filter = null, $country = null, $options = array()) {
+		if (is_bool($options)) {
+			$options = array(
+				'group' => $options,
+			);
+		}
+		$options = array_merge(array(
+			'group' => true,
+			'abbr' => false,
+			'before' => ' - ',
+			'after' => null,
+		), $options);
+		$group = $options['group'];
+
 		$regex = null;
 		if (is_string($filter)) {
 			$regex = $filter;
@@ -1108,12 +1125,23 @@ class CakeTime {
 
 		if ($group) {
 			$return = array();
+			$now = time();
+			$before = $options['before'];
+			$after = $options['after'];
 			foreach ($identifiers as $key => $tz) {
+				$abbr = null;
+				if ($options['abbr']) {
+					$dateTimeZone = new DateTimeZone($tz);
+					$trans = $dateTimeZone->getTransitions($now, $now);
+					$abbr = isset($trans[0]['abbr']) ?
+						$before . $trans[0]['abbr'] . $after :
+						null;
+				}
 				$item = explode('/', $tz, 2);
 				if (isset($item[1])) {
-					$return[$item[0]][$tz] = $item[1];
+					$return[$item[0]][$tz] = $item[1] . $abbr;
 				} else {
-					$return[$item[0]] = array($tz => $item[0]);
+					$return[$item[0]] = array($tz => $item[0] . $abbr);
 				}
 			}
 			return $return;