diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 73a2e6f4fe..fcbb7f3a2f 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* radio_button_tag generates unique id attributes.  #3353 [Bob Silva, somekool@gmail.com]
+
 * strip_tags returns nil for a blank arg such as nil or "".  #2229 [duncan@whomwah.com]
 
 * Cleanup assert_tag :children counting.  #2181 [jamie@bravenet.com]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
index 816f1064f7..e023fe93d2 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ module ActionView
 
       # Creates a radio button.
       def radio_button_tag(name, value, checked = false, options = {})
-        html_options = { "type" => "radio", "name" => name, "id" => name, "value" => value }.update(options.stringify_keys)
+        pretty_tag_value = value.to_s.gsub(/\s/, "_").gsub(/(?!-)\W/, "").downcase
+        html_options = { "type" => "radio", "name" => name, "id" => "#{name}_#{pretty_tag_value}", "value" => value }.update(options.stringify_keys)
         html_options["checked"] = "checked" if checked
         tag :input, html_options
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
index 0e4ac5f5a7..743d75ca8c 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
@@ -53,8 +53,21 @@ class FormTagHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_radio_button_tag
     actual = radio_button_tag "people", "david"
-    expected = %(<input id="people" name="people" type="radio" value="david" />)
+    expected = %(<input id="people_david" name="people" type="radio" value="david" />)
     assert_dom_equal expected, actual
+
+    actual = radio_button_tag("num_people", 5)
+    expected = %(<input id="num_people_5" name="num_people" type="radio" value="5" />)
+    assert_dom_equal expected, actual
+
+    actual = radio_button_tag("gender", "m") + radio_button_tag("gender", "f")
+    expected = %(<input id="gender_m" name="gender" type="radio" value="m" /><input id="gender_f" name="gender" type="radio" value="f" />)
+    assert_dom_equal expected, actual
+    
+    actual = radio_button_tag("opinion", "-1") + radio_button_tag("opinion", "1")
+    expected = %(<input id="opinion_-1" name="opinion" type="radio" value="-1" /><input id="opinion_1" name="opinion" type="radio" value="1" />)
+    assert_dom_equal expected, actual
+    
   end
 
   def test_select_tag