diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
index d37ca766af211..1c8d2db183507 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Helpers #:nodoc:
     module TagHelper
       include ERB::Util
 
-      BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES = %w(disabled readonly multiple).to_set
+      BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES = %w(disabled readonly multiple checked).to_set
       BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES.merge(BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES.map(&:to_sym))
 
       # Returns an empty HTML tag of type +name+ which by default is XHTML
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
index f8add0bab1e48..0c8af60aa47ba 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ def test_label_tag_id_sanitized
   def test_boolean_options
     assert_dom_equal %(<input checked="checked" disabled="disabled" id="admin" name="admin" readonly="readonly" type="checkbox" value="1" />), check_box_tag("admin", 1, true, 'disabled' => true, :readonly => "yes")
     assert_dom_equal %(<input checked="checked" id="admin" name="admin" type="checkbox" value="1" />), check_box_tag("admin", 1, true, :disabled => false, :readonly => nil)
+    assert_dom_equal %(<input type="checkbox" />), tag(:input, :type => "checkbox", :checked => false)
     assert_dom_equal %(<select id="people" multiple="multiple" name="people[]"><option>david</option></select>), select_tag("people", "<option>david</option>", :multiple => true)
     assert_dom_equal %(<select id="people_" multiple="multiple" name="people[]"><option>david</option></select>), select_tag("people[]", "<option>david</option>", :multiple => true)
     assert_dom_equal %(<select id="people" name="people"><option>david</option></select>), select_tag("people", "<option>david</option>", :multiple => nil)