diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php
index 6271736a6ac..c3e0ee9daf0 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.php
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class JqueryEngineHelper extends JsBaseEngineHelper {
 		'drop' => array(
 			'leave' => 'out',
 			'hover' => 'over'
+		),
+		'slider' => array(
+			'complete' => 'stop',
+			'direction' => 'orientation'
 		)
 	);
 /**
@@ -218,5 +222,19 @@ function drop($options = array()) {
 		$template = '%s.droppable({%s});';
 		return $this->_methodTemplate('drop', $template, $options, $callbacks);
 	}
+/**
+ * Create a Slider element
+ * 
+ * Requires both Ui.Core and Ui.Slider to be loaded.
+ *
+ * @param array $options Array of options for the droppable element.
+ * @return string Completed Slider script.
+ * @see JsHelper::slider() for options list.
+ **/
+	function slider($options = array()) {
+		$callbacks = array('start', 'change', 'slide', 'stop');
+		$template = '%s.slider({%s});';
+		return $this->_methodTemplate('slider', $template, $options, $callbacks);
+	}
 }
 ?>
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diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
index 61453e39d66..e8bbe7faf7c 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
@@ -650,6 +650,28 @@ function drop($options = array()) {
 	function sortable() {
 		trigger_error(sprintf(__('%s does not have sortable() implemented', true), get_class($this)), E_USER_WARNING);	
 	}
+/**
+ * Create a slider control element.
+ *
+ * ### Options
+ *
+ * - handle - The handle used in sliding
+ * - direction - The direction of the slider either 'vertical' or 'horizontal'
+ * - min - The min value for the slider.
+ * - max - The max value for the slider.
+ * - step - The number of steps or ticks the slider will have.
+ * - value - The initial offset of the slider
+ *
+ * ### Events
+ *
+ * - change - Fired when the slider's value is updated
+ * - complete - Fired when the user stops sliding the handle
+ *
+ * @return string Completed slider script
+ **/
+	function slider() {
+		trigger_error(sprintf(__('%s does not have slider() implemented', true), get_class($this)), E_USER_WARNING);	
+	}
 /**
  * Parse an options assoc array into an Javascript object literal.
  * Similar to object() but treats any non-integer value as a string,
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php
index 6e50ad35631..e12a6a4ef30 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/jquery_engine.test.php
@@ -217,5 +217,23 @@ function testDrop() {
 		$expected = '$("#element").droppable({accept:".items", drop:onDrop, out:onExit, over:onHover});';
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 	}
+/**
+ * test slider generation
+ *
+ * @return void
+ **/
+	function testSlider() {
+		$this->Jquery->get('#element');
+		$result = $this->Jquery->slider(array(
+			'complete' => 'onComplete',
+			'change' => 'onChange',
+			'min' => 0,
+			'max' => 10,
+			'value' => 2,
+			'direction' => 'vertical'
+		));
+		$expected = '$("#element").slider({change:onChange, max:10, min:0, orientation:"vertical", stop:onComplete, value:2});';
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+	}
 }
 ?>
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