diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/ButtonTag.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/ButtonTag.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e96b1eecba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/ButtonTag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form;
+
+import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
+
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestDataValueProcessor;
+
+/**
+ * An HTML button tag. This tag is provided for completeness if the application 
+ * relies on a {@link RequestDataValueProcessor}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class ButtonTag extends AbstractHtmlElementTag {
+
+	/**
+	 * The name of the '<code>disabled</code>' attribute.
+	 */
+	public static final String DISABLED_ATTRIBUTE = "disabled";
+
+	private TagWriter tagWriter;
+
+	private String name;
+	
+	private String value;
+
+	private String disabled;
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the value of the '<code>name</code>' attribute.
+	 */
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the value of the '<code>name</code>' attribute.
+	 */
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the value of the '<code>value</code>' attribute.
+	 */
+	public String getValue() {
+		return this.value;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Set the value of the '<code>value</code>' attribute.
+	 */
+	public void setValue(String value) {
+		this.value = value;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the value of the '<code>disabled</code>' attribute.
+	 */
+	public String getDisabled() {
+		return this.disabled;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Set the value of the '<code>disabled</code>' attribute.
+	 * May be a runtime expression.
+	 */
+	public void setDisabled(String disabled) {
+		this.disabled = disabled;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected int writeTagContent(TagWriter tagWriter) throws JspException {
+		tagWriter.startTag("button");
+		writeDefaultAttributes(tagWriter);
+		tagWriter.writeAttribute("type", getType());
+		writeValue(tagWriter);
+		if (isDisabled()) {
+			tagWriter.writeAttribute(DISABLED_ATTRIBUTE, "disabled");
+		}
+		tagWriter.forceBlock();
+		this.tagWriter = tagWriter;
+		return EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Is the current HTML tag disabled?
+	 */
+	protected boolean isDisabled() throws JspException {
+		return evaluateBoolean(DISABLED_ATTRIBUTE, getDisabled());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes the '<code>value</code>' attribute to the supplied {@link TagWriter}.
+	 * Subclasses may choose to override this implementation to control exactly
+	 * when the value is written.
+	 */
+	protected void writeValue(TagWriter tagWriter) throws JspException {
+		String valueToUse = (getValue() != null) ? getValue() : getDefaultValue();
+		tagWriter.writeAttribute("value", processFieldValue(getName(), valueToUse, getType()));
+	}
+
+    /**
+     * Return the default value.
+     *
+     * @return The default value if none supplied.
+     */
+    protected String getDefaultValue() {
+        return "Submit";
+    }
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the value of the '<code>type</code>' attribute. Subclasses
+	 * can override this to change the type of '<code>input</code>' element
+	 * rendered. Default value is '<code>submit</code>'.
+	 */
+	protected String getType() {
+		return "submit";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Closes the '<code>button</code>' block tag.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public int doEndTag() throws JspException {
+		this.tagWriter.endTag();
+		return EVAL_PAGE;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-form.tld b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-form.tld
index a2806a77e7d..ca61de04fd9 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-form.tld
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-form.tld
@@ -2370,4 +2370,36 @@
 		<dynamic-attributes>true</dynamic-attributes>
 	</tag>
 
+	<tag>
+		<description>Renders an HTML 'button' tag.</description>
+		<name>button</name>
+		<tag-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.ButtonTag</tag-class>
+		<body-content>JSP</body-content>
+        <attribute>
+            <description>HTML Standard Attribute</description>
+            <name>id</name>
+            <required>false</required>
+            <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+        </attribute>
+        <attribute>
+            <description>The name attribute for the HTML button tag</description>
+            <name>name</name>
+            <required>false</required>
+            <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+        </attribute>
+		<attribute>
+			<description>The value attribute for the HTML button tag</description>
+			<name>value</name>
+			<required>false</required>
+			<rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+		</attribute>
+		<attribute>
+			<description>HTML Optional Attribute. Setting the value of this attribute to 'true' (without the quotes) will disable the HTML element.</description>
+			<name>disabled</name>
+			<required>false</required>
+			<rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+		</attribute>
+		<dynamic-attributes>true</dynamic-attributes>
+	</tag>
+	
 </taglib>
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/ButtonTagTests.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/ButtonTagTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3208aa74f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/ButtonTagTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form;
+
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.TestBean;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class ButtonTagTests extends AbstractFormTagTests {
+
+	private ButtonTag tag;
+
+	protected void onSetUp() {
+		this.tag = createTag(getWriter());
+		this.tag.setParent(getFormTag());
+		this.tag.setPageContext(getPageContext());
+		this.tag.setId("My Id");
+		this.tag.setName("My Name");
+		this.tag.setValue("My Button");
+	}
+	
+	public void testButtonTag() throws Exception {
+		assertEquals(Tag.EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, this.tag.doStartTag());
+		assertEquals(Tag.EVAL_PAGE, this.tag.doEndTag());
+		
+		String output = getOutput();
+		assertTagOpened(output);
+		assertTagClosed(output);
+
+		assertContainsAttribute(output, "id", "My Id");
+		assertContainsAttribute(output, "name", "My Name");
+		assertContainsAttribute(output, "type", "submit");
+		assertContainsAttribute(output, "value", "My Button");
+		assertAttributeNotPresent(output, "disabled");
+	}
+	
+	public void testDisabled() throws Exception {
+		this.tag.setDisabled("true");
+		
+		this.tag.doStartTag();
+		this.tag.doEndTag();
+
+		String output = getOutput();
+		assertTagOpened(output);
+		assertTagClosed(output);
+
+		assertContainsAttribute(output, "disabled", "disabled");
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected TestBean createTestBean() {
+		return new TestBean();
+	}
+
+	protected final void assertTagClosed(String output) {
+		assertTrue("Tag not closed properly", output.endsWith("</button>"));
+	}
+
+	protected final void assertTagOpened(String output) {
+		assertTrue("Tag not opened properly", output.startsWith("<button "));
+	}
+	
+	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+	protected ButtonTag createTag(final Writer writer) {
+		return new ButtonTag() {
+			protected TagWriter createTagWriter() {
+				return new TagWriter(writer);
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+}