diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
index 4b14a4f66..014cfba79 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -6287,6 +6287,29 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertContains('data[Contact][published][year]', $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * testYearAutoExpandRange method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testYearAutoExpandRange() {
+		$this->Form->request->data['User']['birthday'] = '1930-10-10';
+		$result = $this->Form->year('User.birthday');
+		preg_match_all('/<option value="([\d]+)"/', $result, $matches);
+
+		$result = $matches[1];
+		$expected = range(date('Y') + 20, 1930);
+		$this->assertEquals($result, $expected);
+
+		$this->Form->request->data['Project']['release'] = '2050-10-10';
+		$result = $this->Form->year('Project.release');
+		preg_match_all('/<option value="([\d]+)"/', $result, $matches);
+
+		$result = $matches[1];
+		$expected = range(2050, date('Y') - 20);
+		$this->assertEquals($result, $expected);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testTextArea method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index d4e873453..2fb45e830 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		} elseif ($attributes['value'] === false) {
 			$attributes['value'] = null;
 		}
-		$yearOptions = array('min' => $minYear, 'max' => $maxYear, 'order' => 'desc');
+		$yearOptions = array('value' => $attributes['value'], 'min' => $minYear, 'max' => $maxYear, 'order' => 'desc');
 		if (isset($attributes['orderYear'])) {
 			$yearOptions['order'] = $attributes['orderYear'];
 			unset($attributes['orderYear']);
@@ -2764,6 +2764,12 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 				if ($min > $max) {
 					list($min, $max) = array($max, $min);
 				}
+				if (!empty($options['value']) && (int)$options['value'] < $min) {
+					$min = (int)$options['value'];
+				} elseif (!empty($options['value']) && (int)$options['value'] > $max) {
+					$max = (int)$options['value'];
+				}
+
 				for ($i = $min; $i <= $max; $i++) {
 					$data[$i] = $i;
 				}