diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
index ca6620a5b..9ea44960c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class CommandListShell extends AppShell {
 			$this->out(" -working: " . rtrim(APP, DS));
 			$this->out(" -root: " . rtrim(ROOT, DS));
 			$this->out(" -core: " . rtrim(CORE_PATH, DS));
+			$this->out(" -webroot: " . rtrim(WWW_ROOT, DS));
 			$this->out("");
 			$this->out(__d('cake_console', "<info>Changing Paths:</info>"), 2);
 			$this->out(__d('cake_console', "Your working path should be the same as your application path. To change your path use the '-app' param."));
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
index 37aa30037..bb2095418 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ class ShellDispatcher {
 			define('APP', $this->params['working'] . DS);
 		}
 		if (!defined('WWW_ROOT')) {
-			define('WWW_ROOT', APP . $this->params['webroot'] . DS);
+			if (!$this->_isAbsolutePath($this->params['webroot'])) {
+				$webroot = realpath(APP . $this->params['webroot']);
+			} else {
+				$webroot = $this->params['webroot'];
+			}
+			define('WWW_ROOT', $webroot . DS);
 		}
 		if (!defined('TMP') && !is_dir(APP . 'tmp')) {
 			define('TMP', CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . DS . 'Cake' . DS . 'Console' . DS . 'Templates' . DS . 'skel' . DS . 'tmp' . DS);
@@ -305,25 +310,45 @@ class ShellDispatcher {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($params['app'][0] === '/' || preg_match('/([a-z])(:)/i', $params['app'], $matches)) {
+		if ($this->_isAbsolutePath($params['app'])) {
 			$params['root'] = dirname($params['app']);
 		} elseif (strpos($params['app'], '/')) {
 			$params['root'] .= '/' . dirname($params['app']);
 		}
-
+		$isWindowsAppPath = $this->_isWindowsPath($params['app']);
 		$params['app'] = basename($params['app']);
 		$params['working'] = rtrim($params['root'], '/');
 		if (!$isWin || !preg_match('/^[A-Z]:$/i', $params['app'])) {
 			$params['working'] .= '/' . $params['app'];
 		}
 
-		if (!empty($matches[0]) || !empty($isWin)) {
+		if ($isWindowsAppPath || !empty($isWin)) {
 			$params = str_replace('/', '\\', $params);
 		}
 
 		$this->params = $params + $this->params;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Checks whether the given path is absolute or relative.
+ *
+ * @param string $path absolute or relative path.
+ * @return bool
+ */
+	protected function _isAbsolutePath($path) {
+		return $path[0] === '/' || $this->_isWindowsPath($path);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether the given path is Window OS path.
+ *
+ * @param string $path absolute path.
+ * @return bool
+ */
+	protected function _isWindowsPath($path) {
+		return preg_match('/([a-z])(:)/i', $path) == 1;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Parses out the paths from from the argv
  *
@@ -332,7 +357,7 @@ class ShellDispatcher {
  */
 	protected function _parsePaths($args) {
 		$parsed = array();
-		$keys = array('-working', '--working', '-app', '--app', '-root', '--root');
+		$keys = array('-working', '--working', '-app', '--app', '-root', '--root', '-webroot', '--webroot');
 		$args = (array)$args;
 		foreach ($keys as $key) {
 			while (($index = array_search($key, $args)) !== false) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/ShellDispatcherTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/ShellDispatcherTest.php
index cec15d12a..a6f4afb05 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/ShellDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/ShellDispatcherTest.php
@@ -137,9 +137,8 @@ class ShellDispatcherTest extends CakeTestCase {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function testParseParams() {
+	public function testParseParamsAppWorkingAbsolute() {
 		$Dispatcher = new TestShellDispatcher();
-
 		$params = array(
 			'/cake/1.2.x.x/cake/console/cake.php',
 			'bake',
@@ -156,7 +155,15 @@ class ShellDispatcherTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$Dispatcher->parseParams($params);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Dispatcher->params);
+	}
 
+/**
+ * testParseParams method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testParseParamsNone() {
+		$Dispatcher = new TestShellDispatcher();
 		$params = array('cake.php');
 		$expected = array(
 			'app' => 'app',
@@ -167,7 +174,15 @@ class ShellDispatcherTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$Dispatcher->params = $Dispatcher->args = array();
 		$Dispatcher->parseParams($params);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Dispatcher->params);
+	}
 
+/**
+ * testParseParams method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testParseParamsApp() {
+		$Dispatcher = new TestShellDispatcher();
 		$params = array(
 			'cake.php',
 			'-app',
@@ -182,7 +197,15 @@ class ShellDispatcherTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$Dispatcher->params = $Dispatcher->args = array();
 		$Dispatcher->parseParams($params);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Dispatcher->params);
+	}
 
+/**
+ * testParseParams method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testParseParamsAppWorkingRelative() {
+		$Dispatcher = new TestShellDispatcher();
 		$params = array(
 			'./cake.php',
 			'bake',
@@ -191,17 +214,24 @@ class ShellDispatcherTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'-working',
 			'/cake/1.2.x.x/cake/console'
 		);
-
 		$expected = array(
 			'app' => 'new',
 			'webroot' => 'webroot',
 			'working' => str_replace('\\', DS, dirname(CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH) . DS . 'new'),
 			'root' => str_replace('\\', DS, dirname(CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH))
 		);
-
 		$Dispatcher->params = $Dispatcher->args = array();
 		$Dispatcher->parseParams($params);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Dispatcher->params);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * testParseParams method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testParseParams() {
+		$Dispatcher = new TestShellDispatcher();
 
 		$params = array(
 			'./console/cake.php',