diff --git a/lib/controllers/Controller.js b/lib/controllers/Controller.js
index d319d07e..1f12fd3a 100644
--- a/lib/controllers/Controller.js
+++ b/lib/controllers/Controller.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Controller.extend = function extend(child) {
 };
 
 // Tries to process the HTTP request
-Controller.prototype.handleRequest = function (request, response, next) {
+Controller.prototype.handleRequest = function (request, response, next, settings) {
   // Add a `parsedUrl` field to `request`,
   // containing the parsed request URL, resolved against the base URL
   if (!request.parsedUrl) {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Controller.prototype.handleRequest = function (request, response, next) {
 
   // Try to handle the request
   var self = this;
-  try { this._handleRequest(request, response, done); }
+  try { this._handleRequest(request, response, done, settings); }
   catch (error) { done(error); }
   function done(error) {
     if (self) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Controller.prototype.handleRequest = function (request, response, next) {
 };
 
 // Tries to process the HTTP request in an implementation-specific way
-Controller.prototype._handleRequest = function (request, response, next) {
+Controller.prototype._handleRequest = function (request, response, next, settings) {
   next();
 };
 
diff --git a/test/controllers/Controller-test.js b/test/controllers/Controller-test.js
index 64aa59e3..de6159c0 100644
--- a/test/controllers/Controller-test.js
+++ b/test/controllers/Controller-test.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ describe('Controller', function () {
       it('should call _handleRequest with request, response and next', function () {
         controller._handleRequest.should.have.been.calledOnce;
         var args = controller._handleRequest.getCall(0).args;
-        args.should.have.length(3);
         args[0].should.have.property('url');
         args[1].should.be.an.instanceof(http.ServerResponse);
         args[2].should.be.an.instanceof(Function);
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ describe('Controller', function () {
       it('should call _handleRequest with request, response and next', function () {
         controller._handleRequest.should.have.been.calledOnce;
         var args = controller._handleRequest.getCall(0).args;
-        args.should.have.length(3);
         args[0].should.have.property('url');
         args[1].should.be.an.instanceof(http.ServerResponse);
         args[2].should.be.an.instanceof(Function);