diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/components/request_handler.php b/cake/libs/controller/components/request_handler.php
index c5bc6184ec9..681d8b34a67 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/components/request_handler.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/components/request_handler.php
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ function beforeRedirect(&$controller, $url) {
 		foreach ($_POST as $key => $val) {
 			unset($_POST[$key]);
 		}
+		if (is_array($url)) {
+			$url = Router::url($url + array('base' => false));
+		}
 		echo $this->requestAction($url, array('return'));
 		$this->_stop();
 	}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/request_handler.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/request_handler.test.php
index b9cc6e76285..97f1e0751fd 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/request_handler.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/request_handler.test.php
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ function destination() {
 		$this->viewPath = 'posts';
 		$this->render('index');
 	}
+/**
+ * test method for ajax redirection + parameter parsing
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function param_method($one = null, $two = null) {
+		echo "one: $one two: $two";
+		$this->autoRender = false;
+	}
 }
 /**
  * RequestHandlerTestDisabledController class
@@ -541,5 +550,35 @@ function testAjaxRedirectAsRequestAction() {
 		Configure::write('viewPaths', $_paths);
 		unset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']);
 	}
+
+/**
+ * test that the beforeRedirect callback properly converts
+ * array urls into their correct string ones, and adds base => false so
+ * the correct urls are generated.
+ *
+ * @link http://cakephp.lighthouseapp.com/projects/42648-cakephp-1x/tickets/276
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testBeforeRedirectCallbackWithArrayUrl() {
+		$_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] = 'XMLHttpRequest';
+		App::build(array(
+			'views' => array(TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'views'. DS)
+		), true);
+		Router::setRequestInfo(array(
+			array('plugin' => null, 'controller' => 'accounts', 'action' => 'index', 'pass' => array(), 'named' => array(), 'form' => array(), 'url' => array('url' => 'accounts/'), 'bare' => 0),
+			array('base' => '/officespace', 'here' => '/officespace/accounts/', 'webroot' => '/officespace/')
+		));
+
+		$RequestHandler =& new NoStopRequestHandler();
+
+		ob_start();
+		$RequestHandler->beforeRedirect(
+			$this->Controller,
+			array('controller' => 'request_handler_test', 'action' => 'param_method', 'first', 'second')
+		);
+		$result = ob_get_clean();
+		$this->assertEqual($result, 'one: first two: second');
+		App::build();
+	}
 }
 ?>
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