diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 9a73ee76c1..2a81480e2a 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed that setting the :host option in url_for would automatically turn off :only_path (since :host would otherwise not be shown) #9586 [Bounga]
+
 * Added FormHelper#label #8641 [jcoglan]
 
 * Added AtomFeedHelper (slightly improved from the atom_feed_helper plugin) [DHH]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
index 01427f8bb8..76963a20b3 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module ActionView
       #
       # ==== Options
       # * <tt>:anchor</tt> -- specifies the anchor name to be appended to the path.
-      # * <tt>:only_path</tt> --  if true, returns the relative URL (omitting the protocol, host name, and port) (<tt>true</tt> by default)
+      # * <tt>:only_path</tt> --  if true, returns the relative URL (omitting the protocol, host name, and port) (<tt>true</tt> by default unless <tt>:host</tt> is specified)
       # * <tt>:trailing_slash</tt> --  if true, adds a trailing slash, as in "/archive/2005/". Note that this
       #   is currently not recommended since it breaks caching.
       # * <tt>:host</tt> -- overrides the default (current) host if provided
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ module ActionView
       def url_for(options = {})
         case options
         when Hash
-          options = { :only_path => true }.update(options.symbolize_keys)
+          show_path =  options[:host].nil? ? true : false
+          options = { :only_path => show_path }.update(options.symbolize_keys)
           escape  = options.key?(:escape) ? options.delete(:escape) : true
           url     = @controller.send(:url_for, options)
         when String
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
index 32696165e9..db1e226a7e 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/url_helper_test.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ class UrlHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_link_tag_with_straight_url
     assert_dom_equal "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\">Hello</a>", link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com")
   end
+  
+  def test_link_tag_without_host_option
+    ActionController::Base.class_eval { attr_accessor :url }
+    url = {:controller => 'weblog', :action => 'show'}
+    @controller = ActionController::Base.new
+    @controller.request = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @controller.url = ActionController::UrlRewriter.new(@controller.request, url)
+    assert_dom_equal(%q{<a href="/weblog/show">Test Link</a>}, link_to('Test Link', url))
+  end
+
+  def test_link_tag_with_host_option
+    ActionController::Base.class_eval { attr_accessor :url }
+    url = {:controller => 'weblog', :action => 'show', :host => 'www.example.com'}
+    @controller = ActionController::Base.new
+    @controller.request = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @controller.url = ActionController::UrlRewriter.new(@controller.request, url)
+    assert_dom_equal(%q{<a href="http://www.example.com/weblog/show">Test Link</a>}, link_to('Test Link', url))
+  end
 
   def test_link_tag_with_query
     assert_dom_equal "<a href=\"http://www.example.com?q1=v1&amp;q2=v2\">Hello</a>", link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com?q1=v1&amp;q2=v2")
@@ -175,7 +193,7 @@ class UrlHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_link_tag_using_post_javascript_and_popup
     assert_raises(ActionView::ActionViewError) { link_to("Hello", "http://www.example.com", :popup => true, :method => :post, :confirm => "Are you serious?") }
   end
-
+  
   def test_link_to_unless
     assert_equal "Showing", link_to_unless(true, "Showing", :action => "show", :controller => "weblog")
     assert_dom_equal "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\">Listing</a>", link_to_unless(false, "Listing", :action => "list", :controller => "weblog")