diff --git a/cake/console/libs/tasks/extract.php b/cake/console/libs/tasks/extract.php
index 8ce1be0689e..5dc928b049a 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/tasks/extract.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/tasks/extract.php
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ function __searchFiles() {
 		foreach ($this->__paths as $path) {
 			$Folder = new Folder($path);
 			$files = $Folder->findRecursive('.*\.(php|ctp|thtml|inc|tpl)', true);
-			$this->__files += $files;
+			$this->__files = array_merge($this->__files, $files);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/extract.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/extract.test.php
index 29c4f2bd886..f93a9a6a7f6 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/extract.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/extract.test.php
@@ -155,4 +155,33 @@ function testExecute() {
 		$Folder = new Folder($path);
 		$Folder->delete();
 	}
+	function getTests() {
+		return array('start', 'startCase', 'testExtractMultiplePaths', 'endCase', 'end');
+	}
+
+/**
+ * test extract can read more than one path.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testExtractMultiplePaths() {
+		$path = TMP . 'tests' . DS . 'extract_task_test';
+		new Folder($path . DS . 'locale', true);
+
+		$this->Task->interactive = false;
+
+		$this->Task->params['paths'] = 
+			TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'views' . DS . 'pages,' .
+			TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'views' . DS . 'posts';
+	
+		$this->Task->params['output'] = $path . DS;
+		$this->Task->Dispatch->expectNever('stderr');
+		$this->Task->Dispatch->expectNever('_stop');
+		$this->Task->execute();
+
+		$result = file_get_contents($path . DS . 'default.pot');
+
+		$pattern = '/msgid "Add User"/';
+		$this->assertPattern($pattern, $result);
+	}
 }