3 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base.rb
index bfd8120e10..9c8a6d0216 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module ActionController
+  autoload :ContentType,          "action_controller/new_base/content_type"
   autoload :HideActions,          "action_controller/new_base/hide_actions"
   autoload :Http,                 "action_controller/new_base/base"
   autoload :Layouts,              "action_controller/new_base/layouts"
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base/content_type.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base/content_type.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2206a31af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base/content_type.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module ActionController
+  module ContentType
+    
+    def render_to_body(options = {})
+      if content_type = options[:content_type]
+        response.content_type = content_type
+      end
+      
+      ret = super
+      response.content_type ||= options[:_template].mime_type
+      ret
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb
index f81174d707..446c735ba3 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc:
     
     def render(*) self end
     
-    def exempt_from_layout?() false end
-    
+    def mime_type() Mime::HTML end
   end
 end