diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8d7d162..aa4d862 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fix Form.request for forms containing an input element with name="action".  Closes #8063.  [Thomas Fuchs, Mislav Marohnić]
+
+* Make Event.element extend the returned element.  Closes #7870.  [Thomas Fuchs]
+
 * Prevent a crash on Safari on String.prototype.stripScripts and extractScripts with large <script> tags.  [Thomas Fuchs]
 
 * Prevent linefeed normalisation in String.prototype.escapeHTML and unescapeHTML on IE for consistency with other browsers. Speed optimizations for Safari and IE.  [Thomas Fuchs]
diff --git a/src/form.js b/src/form.js
index 06d7ed7..f60c1d8 100644
--- a/src/form.js
+++ b/src/form.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Form.Methods = {
     if (form.hasAttribute('method') && !options.method)
       options.method = form.method;
     
-    return new Ajax.Request(form.action, options);
+    return new Ajax.Request(form.readAttribute('action'), options);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/form.html b/test/unit/form.html
index 9f81258..ec9a4df 100644
--- a/test/unit/form.html
+++ b/test/unit/form.html
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   <div>This is not a form element</div>
   <input type="text" name="val2" id="input_disabled" disabled="disabled" value="5" />
   <input type="submit" />
+  <input type="text" name="action" value="blah" />
 </form>
 <div id="form_wrapper">
   <form id="form_selects" action="fixtures/empty.js">
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@
 
       // Checks that disabled element is not included in serialized form.
       $('input_enabled').enable();
-      assertEqual('val1=4', Form.serialize('form'));
+      assertEqual('val1=4&action=blah', Form.serialize('form'));
 
       // Checks that select-related serializations work just fine
       assertEqual('vu=1&vm%5B%5D=1&vm%5B%5D=3&nvu=One&nvm%5B%5D=One'+
@@ -366,12 +367,12 @@
       
       request = $("form").request();
       assert($("form").hasAttribute("method"));
-      assert(request.url.endsWith("fixtures/empty.js?val1=4"));
+      assert(request.url.endsWith("fixtures/empty.js?val1=4&action=blah"));
       assertEqual("get", request.method);
       
       request = $("form").request({method: "post"});
       assert(request.url.endsWith("fixtures/empty.js"));
-      assertEqual("val1=4", Hash.toQueryString(request.options.parameters));
+      assertEqual("val1=4&action=blah", Hash.toQueryString(request.options.parameters));
       assertEqual("post", request.method);
     }},