diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php
index 9d38e0c54d2..3161a96fb7a 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function meta($type, $url = null, $options = array()) {
 			}
 			$out .= sprintf($this->tags['metalink'], $options['link'], $this->_parseAttributes($options, array('link'), ' ', ' '));
 		} else {
-			$out = sprintf($this->tags['meta'], $this->_parseAttributes($options, array('type')));
+			$out = sprintf($this->tags['meta'], $this->_parseAttributes($options, array('type'), ' ', ' '));
 		}
 
 		if ($inline) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/html.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/html.test.php
index 40907c02316..17011ae5ce2 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/html.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/html.test.php
@@ -1089,6 +1089,8 @@ function testMeta() {
 
 		$result = $this->Html->meta('keywords', 'these, are, some, meta, keywords');
 		$this->assertTags($result, array('meta' => array('name' => 'keywords', 'content' => 'these, are, some, meta, keywords')));
+		$this->assertPattern('/\s+\/>$/', $result);
+
 
 		$result = $this->Html->meta('description', 'this is the meta description');
 		$this->assertTags($result, array('meta' => array('name' => 'description', 'content' => 'this is the meta description')));