diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb
index 76a46e8504..eb4bedd1ed 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ class JavaScriptHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       link_to_function("Greeting", "alert('Hello world!')", :href => 'http://example.com/')
   end
 
+  def test_link_to_function_with_href
+    assert_dom_equal %(<a href="http://example.com/" onclick="alert('Hello world!'); return false;">Greeting</a>), 
+      link_to_function("Greeting", "alert('Hello world!')", :href => 'http://example.com/')
+  end
+
   def test_button_to_function
     assert_dom_equal %(<input type="button" onclick="alert('Hello world!');" value="Greeting" />),
       button_to_function("Greeting", "alert('Hello world!')")