diff --git a/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java b/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java
index 693171af..08ee1894 100644
--- a/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java
+++ b/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ public class AjaxTilesView extends TilesView {
 					throw new ServletException("No tiles attribute with a name of '" + fragmentsToRender[i]
 							+ "' could be found for the current view: " + this);
 				} else {
-					container.render(attributeToRender, new Object[] { request, response });
+					container.startContext(request, response).inheritCascadedAttributes(compositeDefinition);
+					container.render(attributeToRender, request, response);
+					container.endContext(request, response);
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/spring-js/src/test/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesViewTests.java b/spring-js/src/test/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesViewTests.java
index 7f7df721..1ab9d27c 100644
--- a/spring-js/src/test/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesViewTests.java
+++ b/spring-js/src/test/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesViewTests.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.springframework.js.ajax.tiles2;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import junit.framework.Assert;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.tiles.Attribute;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import org.apache.tiles.Definition;
 import org.apache.tiles.context.TilesRequestContext;
 import org.apache.tiles.context.TilesRequestContextFactory;
 import org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer;
+import org.apache.tiles.preparer.ViewPreparer;
 import org.apache.tiles.servlet.context.ServletTilesRequestContextFactory;
 import org.apache.tiles.servlet.context.ServletUtil;
 import org.springframework.js.ajax.SpringJavascriptAjaxHandler;
@@ -100,6 +102,24 @@ public class AjaxTilesViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("/WEB-INF/searchNavigation.jsp", response.getForwardedUrl());
 	}
 
+	public void testRenderFragment_InheritCascadedAttribute() throws Exception {
+		BasicTilesContainer container = (BasicTilesContainer) ServletUtil.getCurrentContainer(request, servletContext);
+		ServletTilesRequestContextFactory tilesRequestContextFactory = new ServletTilesRequestContextFactory();
+		tilesRequestContextFactory.init(new HashMap());
+		TilesRequestContext tilesRequestContext = tilesRequestContextFactory.createRequestContext(container
+				.getApplicationContext(), new Object[] { request, response });
+		Definition definition = container.getDefinitionsFactory().getDefinition("search.body", tilesRequestContext);
+		definition.setPreparer("org.springframework.js.ajax.tiles2.AjaxTilesViewTests$AttributeTestingPreparer");
+
+		setupStaticWebApplicationContext();
+		request.addHeader("Accept", SpringJavascriptAjaxHandler.AJAX_ACCEPT_CONTENT_TYPE);
+		request.addParameter("fragments", "body");
+		ajaxTilesView.setUrl("search");
+		ajaxTilesView.afterPropertiesSet();
+		ajaxTilesView.renderMergedOutputModel(new HashMap(), request, response);
+		assertTrue(AttributeTestingPreparer.invoked);
+	}
+
 	public void testRenderFragment_DynamicAttribute() throws Exception {
 		BasicTilesContainer container = (BasicTilesContainer) ServletUtil.getCurrentContainer(request, servletContext);
 		Object[] requestItems = new Object[] { request, response };
@@ -149,4 +169,13 @@ public class AjaxTilesViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("f3", fragments[2]);
 	}
 
+	public static class AttributeTestingPreparer implements ViewPreparer {
+		public static boolean invoked;
+
+		public void execute(TilesRequestContext tilesContext, AttributeContext attributeContext) {
+			invoked = true;
+			Assert.assertTrue(attributeContext.getAttribute("searchNavigation") != null);
+		}
+	}
+
 }