diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
index 67f68ca5791..dea04508730 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ public function testHelperCallbackTriggering() {
 					$this->attributeEqualTo('_subject', $View)
 				)
 			);
-			
+
 		$View->Helpers->expects($this->at(4))->method('trigger')
 			->with(
 				$this->logicalAnd(
@@ -1246,6 +1246,20 @@ public function testPropertySetting() {
 		$this->assertFalse(isset($this->View->pageTitle));
 		$this->View->pageTitle = 'test';
 		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->View->pageTitle));
+		$this->assertTrue(!empty($this->View->pageTitle));
 		$this->assertEquals('test', $this->View->pageTitle);
 	}
+
+/**
+ * Test that setting arbitrary properties still works.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testPropertySettingMagicGet() {
+		$this->assertFalse(isset($this->View->action));
+		$this->View->request->params['action'] = 'login';
+		$this->assertEquals('login', $this->View->action);
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->View->action));
+		$this->assertTrue(!empty($this->View->action));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 61eca340bc3..df019bdaba7 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ public function __get($name) {
 			case 'data':
 				return $this->request->{$name};
 			case 'action':
-				return isset($this->request->params['action']) ? $this->request->params['action'] : '';
+				return $this->request->params['action'];
 			case 'params':
 				return $this->request;
 			case 'output':
@@ -796,7 +796,14 @@ public function __set($name, $value) {
  * @return boolean
  */
 	public function __isset($name) {
-		return isset($this->{$name});
+		if (isset($this->{$name})) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		$magicGet = array('base', 'here', 'webroot', 'data', 'action', 'params', 'output');
+		if (in_array($name, $magicGet)) {
+			return $this->__get($name) !== null;
+		}
+		return false;
 	}
 
 /**