diff --git a/app/controllers/previews_controller.rb b/app/controllers/previews_controller.rb
index 6960dfff5..cd947148d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/previews_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/previews_controller.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ class PreviewsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def news
+    if params[:id].present? && news = News.visible.find_by_id(params[:id])
+      @previewed = news
+      @attachments = news.attachments
+    end
     @text = (params[:news] ? params[:news][:description] : nil)
     render :partial => 'common/preview'
   end
diff --git a/app/views/news/edit.html.erb b/app/views/news/edit.html.erb
index 499451bb7..4e4cf2e2b 100644
--- a/app/views/news/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/news/edit.html.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <%= labelled_form_for @news, :html => { :id => 'news-form', :multipart => true, :method => :put } do |f| %>
 <%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => { :f => f } %>
 <%= submit_tag l(:button_save) %>
-<%= preview_link preview_news_path(:project_id => @project), 'news-form' %>
+<%= preview_link preview_news_path(:project_id => @project, :id => @news), 'news-form' %>
 <% end %>
 <div id="preview" class="wiki"></div>
 
diff --git a/app/views/news/show.html.erb b/app/views/news/show.html.erb
index 295aecfb2..d4c0bae3e 100644
--- a/app/views/news/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/news/show.html.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                                            :html => { :id => 'news-form', :multipart => true, :method => :put } do |f| %>
 <%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => { :f => f } %>
 <%= submit_tag l(:button_save) %>
-<%= preview_link preview_news_path(:project_id => @project), 'news-form' %> |
+<%= preview_link preview_news_path(:project_id => @project, :id => @news), 'news-form' %> |
 <%= link_to l(:button_cancel), "#", :onclick => '$("#edit-news").hide(); return false;' %>
 <% end %>
 <div id="preview" class="wiki"></div>
diff --git a/test/functional/previews_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/previews_controller_test.rb
index e788b1504..67264e76b 100644
--- a/test/functional/previews_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/previews_controller_test.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class PreviewsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
            :members,
            :enabled_modules,
            :workflows,
-           :journals, :journal_details
+           :journals, :journal_details,
+           :news
 
   def test_preview_new_issue
     @request.session[:user_id] = 2
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ class PreviewsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_tag :p, :content => 'Foo'
   end
 
-  def test_news
+  def test_preview_new_news
     get :news, :project_id => 1,
                   :news => {:title => '',
                             :description => 'News description',
@@ -65,4 +66,18 @@ class PreviewsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_tag :tag => 'fieldset', :attributes => { :class => 'preview' },
                                    :content => /News description/
   end
+
+  def test_existing_new_news
+    get :news, :project_id => 1, :id => 2,
+                  :news => {:title => '',
+                            :description => 'News description',
+                            :summary => ''}
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_template 'common/_preview'
+    assert_equal News.find(2), assigns(:previewed)
+    assert_not_nil assigns(:attachments)
+
+    assert_tag :tag => 'fieldset', :attributes => { :class => 'preview' },
+                                   :content => /News description/
+  end
 end