1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
index 0a37bd7fc1..add8cab2ab 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/parameters.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ module ActionDispatch
     module Parameters
       # Returns both GET and POST \parameters in a single hash.
       def parameters
-        @env["action_dispatch.request.parameters"] ||= request_parameters.merge(query_parameters).update(path_parameters).with_indifferent_access
+        @env["action_dispatch.request.parameters"] ||= begin
+          params = request_parameters.merge(query_parameters)
+          params.merge!(path_parameters)
+          encode_params(params).with_indifferent_access
+        end
       end
       alias :params :parameters
 
@@ -32,6 +36,31 @@ module ActionDispatch
       end
 
     private
+
+      # TODO: Validate that the characters are UTF-8. If they aren't,
+      # you'll get a weird error down the road, but our form handling
+      # should really prevent that from happening
+      def encode_params(params)
+        return params unless "ruby".encoding_aware?
+
+        if params.is_a?(String)
+          return params.force_encoding("UTF-8").encode!
+        elsif !params.is_a?(Hash)
+          return params
+        end
+
+        params.each do |k, v|
+          case v
+          when Hash
+            encode_params(v)
+          when Array
+            v.map! {|el| encode_params(el) }
+          else
+            encode_params(v)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       # Convert nested Hash to HashWithIndifferentAccess
       def normalize_parameters(value)
         case value