diff --git a/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/taglib/ApplicationTagLibTests.groovy b/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/taglib/ApplicationTagLibTests.groovy
index 3cb69cee297..f6710d0584e 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/taglib/ApplicationTagLibTests.groovy
+++ b/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/taglib/ApplicationTagLibTests.groovy
@@ -796,4 +796,22 @@ class ApplicationTagLibTests extends AbstractGrailsTagTests {
             appCtx.getBean(FormTagLib.name).requestDataValueProcessor = null
         }
     }
+    
+    void testCreateLinkWithUriAndParams() {
+        unRegisterRequestDataValueProcessor()
+        def template = '''<g:createLink uri="/some/path" params="[width:21, height:12]"/>'''
+        assertOutputEquals '/some/path?width=21&height=12', template
+    }
+    
+    void testCreateLinkWithParamsAndUriContainsRequestParams() {
+        unRegisterRequestDataValueProcessor()
+        def template = '''<g:createLink uri="/some/path?name=JSB" params="[width:21, height:12]"/>'''
+        assertOutputEquals '/some/path?name=JSB&width=21&height=12', template
+    }
+
+    void testUrlEncodingParamsCreateLinkWithUri() {
+        unRegisterRequestDataValueProcessor()
+        def template = '''<g:createLink uri="/some/path" params="['some height':12, name: 'Jeff Brown']"/>'''
+        assertOutputEquals '/some/path?some+height=12&name=Jeff+Brown', template
+    }
 }
diff --git a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultLinkGenerator.groovy b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultLinkGenerator.groovy
index d3ef516bcd5..ac871708836 100644
--- a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultLinkGenerator.groovy
+++ b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultLinkGenerator.groovy
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping
 
 import grails.util.Environment
 import grails.util.GrailsNameUtils
+import grails.util.GrailsWebUtil
 import grails.web.UrlConverter
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.TypeCheckingMode
@@ -105,7 +106,21 @@ class DefaultLinkGenerator implements LinkGenerator, PluginManagerAware {
                     writer << cp
                 }
             }
-            writer << attrs.get(ATTRIBUTE_URI).toString()
+            def uri = attrs.get(ATTRIBUTE_URI).toString()
+            writer << uri
+            
+            def paramsAttribute = attrs.get(ATTRIBUTE_PARAMS)
+            Map params = paramsAttribute && (paramsAttribute instanceof Map) ? (Map)paramsAttribute : null
+            if(params) {
+                def charset = GrailsWebUtil.DEFAULT_ENCODING
+                def paramString = params.collect { k, v -> 
+                    def encodedKey = URLEncoder.encode(k as String, charset)
+                    def encodedValue = URLEncoder.encode(v as String, charset)
+                    "$encodedKey=$encodedValue"
+                }.join('&')
+                writer << (uri.indexOf('?') >= 0 ? '&' : '?')
+                writer << paramString
+            }
         }
         else if (attrs.get(ATTRIBUTE_RELATIVE_URI) != null) {
             String relativeUri = attrs.get(ATTRIBUTE_RELATIVE_URI)