diff --git a/AppKit/CPViewController.j b/AppKit/CPViewController.j
index beb6d4b02..6d25ae590 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPViewController.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPViewController.j
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ var CPViewControllerCachedCibs;
 
         if (!cib)
         {
-            // if the cib isn't cached yet : fetch it and cache it
+            // if the cib isn't cached yet: fetch it and cache it
             cib = [[CPCib alloc] initWithCibNamed:_cibName bundle:_cibBundle];
             [CPViewControllerCachedCibs setObject:cib forKey:_cibName];
         }
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ var CPViewControllerCachedCibs;
         if (_view == nil && [cibOwner isKindOfClass:[CPDocument class]])
             [self setView:[cibOwner valueForKey:@"view"]];
 
+        // If the view was just loaded, we must set its next responder.
+        // This is the first half of inserting the controller into the responder chain.
+        if (_view)
+            [_view setNextResponder:self];
+
         if (!_view)
         {
             var reason = [CPString stringWithFormat:@"View for %@ could not be loaded from Cib or no view specified. Override loadView to load the view manually.", self];
@@ -408,12 +413,28 @@ var CPViewControllerCachedCibs;
         [self willChangeValueForKey:"isViewLoaded"];
 
     _view = aView;
+
+    // When the view is set manually, we must set its next responder.
+    if (_view)
+        [_view setNextResponder:self];
+
     _isViewLoaded = aView != nil;
 
     if (willChangeIsViewLoaded)
         [self didChangeValueForKey:"isViewLoaded"];
 }
 
+/*!
+    @method nextResponder
+    @discussion The CPViewController implementation of this method returns the superview
+    of the view controller's view. This is the second half of the insertion,
+    completing the chain: view -> viewController -> superview.
+*/
+- (id)nextResponder
+{
+    return [_view superview];
+}
+
 - (BOOL)automaticallyNotifiesObserversOfIsViewLoaded
 {
     return NO;
@@ -465,6 +486,10 @@ var CPViewControllerViewKey     = @"CPViewControllerViewKey",
     if (self)
     {
         _view = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPViewControllerViewKey];
+        // When the view is unarchived, we must also set its next responder.
+        if (_view)
+            [_view setNextResponder:self];
+            
         _title = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPViewControllerTitleKey];
         _cibName = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPViewControllerCibNameKey];
 
diff --git a/Tests/AppKit/CPViewControllerTest.j b/Tests/AppKit/CPViewControllerTest.j
index 098be199c..6b3a68df1 100644
--- a/Tests/AppKit/CPViewControllerTest.j
+++ b/Tests/AppKit/CPViewControllerTest.j
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 @import <AppKit/CPApplication.j>
 
 var methodsCalled;
+var testResponderChainActionCalled;
 
 @implementation CPViewControllerTest : OJTestCase
 {
@@ -56,6 +57,28 @@ var methodsCalled;
     [self assert:expectedResult equals:methodsCalled];
 }
 
+- (void)testResponderChain
+{
+    testResponderChainActionCalled = NO;
+
+    // 1. Create the controller, its view, and a superview.
+    var viewController = [[ResponderTestViewController alloc] initWithCibName:nil bundle:nil externalNameTable:@{}];
+    var view = [viewController view];
+
+    // 2. Assert the responder chain is correctly wired.
+    // The view's next responder should be its controller.
+    [self assert:viewController equals:[view nextResponder] message:@"The view controller should be the next responder of its view."];
+
+    // 3. Test that an action sent to the view is handled by the controller.
+    var wasHandled = [view tryToPerform:@selector(testAction:) with:nil];
+    [self assertTrue:wasHandled message:@"The action should be handled by the responder chain."];
+    [self assertTrue:testResponderChainActionCalled message:@"The view controller's action method should have been called."];
+
+    // 4. Test that the chain unwires correctly when the view is removed.
+    [view removeFromSuperview];
+    [self assert:nil equals:[viewController nextResponder] message:@"The next responder should be nil after the view is removed from its superview."];
+}
+
 @end
 
 @implementation ViewController : CPViewController
@@ -87,3 +110,14 @@ var methodsCalled;
     [methodsCalled addObject:_cmd];
 }
 @end
+
+@implementation ResponderTestViewController : CPViewController
+{
+}
+
+- (void)testAction:(id)sender
+{
+    testResponderChainActionCalled = YES;
+}
+
+@end