diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolver.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolver.java
index 1b12547df6..7cd95d0461 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolver.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.ui.savedrequest.SavedRequest;
 
 /**
  * Used by {@link AbstractProcessingFilter} to determine target URL in case of
- * successfull authentication.
+ * successful authentication.
  * 
  * @author Martino Piccinato
  * @version $Id$
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public interface TargetUrlResolver {
 	/**
 	 * @param savedRequest The request that initiated the authentication process
 	 * @param currentRequest the current request
-	 * @param auth The authentication token generated after successfull authentication
+	 * @param auth The authentication token generated after successful authentication
 	 * @return The URL to be used 
 	 */
 	public String determineTargetUrl(SavedRequest savedRequest, HttpServletRequest currentRequest, Authentication auth);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolverImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolverImpl.java
index 176ee647cd..ef10dd1ecb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolverImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolverImpl.java
@@ -15,26 +15,38 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.ui;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import org.springframework.security.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.ui.savedrequest.SavedRequest;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Default implementation for {@link TargetUrlResolver}
+ * <p>
+ * Returns a target URL based from the contents of the configured <tt>targetUrlParameter</tt> if present on 
+ * the current request. Failing that, the SavedRequest in the session will be used. 
  * 
  * @author Martino Piccinato
+ * @author Luke Taylor
  * @version $Id$
  * @since 2.0
  *
  */
 public class TargetUrlResolverImpl implements TargetUrlResolver {
+    public static String DEFAULT_TARGET_PARAMETER = "redirect";
+    
+    /* SEC-213 */
+    private String targetUrlParameter;
 	
 	/**
-	 * If <code>true</code>, will only use <code>SavedRequest</code> to determine the target url on successful
+	 * If <code>true</code>, will only use <code>SavedRequest</code> to determine the target URL on successful
      * authentication if the request that caused the authentication request was a GET.
-     * It will return null on POST/PUT request.
-	 * In most cases it's meaningless to redirect to a Url generated by a POST/PUT request.
+     * It will return null for a POST/PUT request.
+	 * In most cases it's meaningless to redirect to a URL generated by a POST/PUT request.
      * Defaults to true.
 	 */
 	private boolean justUseSavedRequestOnGet = true;
@@ -46,6 +58,18 @@ public class TargetUrlResolverImpl implements TargetUrlResolver {
             Authentication auth) {
 			
         String targetUrl = null;
+        
+        if (targetUrlParameter != null) {
+            targetUrl = currentRequest.getParameter(targetUrlParameter);
+            
+            if (StringUtils.hasText(targetUrl)) {
+                try {
+                    return URLDecoder.decode(targetUrl, "UTF-8");
+                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("UTF-8 not supported. Shouldn't be possible");
+                }
+            }            
+        }
 
         if (savedRequest != null) {
             if (!justUseSavedRequestOnGet || savedRequest.getMethod().equals("GET")) {
@@ -72,5 +96,19 @@ public class TargetUrlResolverImpl implements TargetUrlResolver {
 	public void setJustUseSavedRequestOnGet(boolean justUseSavedRequestOnGet) {
 		this.justUseSavedRequestOnGet = justUseSavedRequestOnGet;
 	}
+
+    
+	/**
+	 * Before checking the SavedRequest, the current request will be checked for this parameter
+	 * and the value used as the target URL if resent.
+	 * 
+	 *  @param targetUrlParameter the name of the parameter containing the encoded target URL. Defaults
+	 *  to "redirect".
+	 */
+	public void setTargetUrlParameter(String targetUrlParameter) {
+        this.targetUrlParameter = targetUrlParameter;
+    }
+
+
 	
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java
index e3b857265d..ecc3cc74bb 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java
@@ -571,6 +571,29 @@ public class AbstractProcessingFilterTests extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("/error", response.getForwardedUrl());       
     }    
     
+    /**
+     * SEC-213
+     */
+    public void testTargetUrlParameterIsUsedIfPresent() throws Exception {
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = createMockRequest();
+        request.setParameter("targetUrl", "/target");
+
+        MockFilterConfig config = new MockFilterConfig(null, null);
+        MockFilterChain chain = new MockFilterChain(true);
+        MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+
+        MockAbstractProcessingFilter filter = new MockAbstractProcessingFilter(true);
+        TargetUrlResolverImpl targetUrlResolver = new TargetUrlResolverImpl();
+        targetUrlResolver.setTargetUrlParameter("targetUrl");
+        filter.setTargetUrlResolver(targetUrlResolver);
+        filter.setDefaultTargetUrl("http://monkeymachine.co.uk/");
+        filter.setAuthenticationFailureUrl("/error");
+
+        executeFilterInContainerSimulator(config, filter, request, response, chain);
+
+        assertEquals("/mycontext/target", response.getRedirectedUrl());       
+    }    
+
     
     //~ Inner Classes ==================================================================================================