diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/FolderTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/FolderTest.php
index 5bf9fd840ff..f9c35f718ad 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/FolderTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/FolderTest.php
@@ -345,11 +345,24 @@ public function testZeroAsDirectory() {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testAddPathElement() {
+		$expected = DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir' . DS . 'another_path';
+
 		$result = Folder::addPathElement(DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir', 'another_path');
-		$this->assertEquals(DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir' . DS . 'another_path', $result);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
 		$result = Folder::addPathElement(DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir' . DS, 'another_path');
-		$this->assertEquals(DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir' . DS . 'another_path', $result);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+		$result = Folder::addPathElement(DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir', array('another_path'));
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+		$result = Folder::addPathElement(DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir' . DS, array('another_path'));
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+		$expected = DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir' . DS . 'another_path' . DS . 'and' . DS . 'another';
+
+		$result = Folder::addPathElement(DS . 'some' . DS . 'dir', array('another_path', 'and', 'another'));
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php
index ca6c4128d15..4e47bff1318 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php
@@ -321,12 +321,14 @@ public static function slashTerm($path) {
  * Returns $path with $element added, with correct slash in-between.
  *
  * @param string $path Path
- * @param string $element Element to and at end of path
+ * @param string|array $element Element to add at end of path
  * @return string Combined path
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/file-folder.html#Folder::addPathElement
  */
 	public static function addPathElement($path, $element) {
-		return rtrim($path, DS) . DS . $element;
+		$element = (array)$element;
+		array_unshift($element, rtrim($path, DS));
+		return implode(DS, $element)
 	}
 
 /**