diff --git a/cancan.gemspec b/cancan.gemspec
index b126448..c085d18 100644
--- a/cancan.gemspec
+++ b/cancan.gemspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files        = Dir["{lib,spec}/**/*", "[A-Z]*", "init.rb"] - ["Gemfile.lock"]
   s.require_path = "lib"
 
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.1.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.6.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rails', '~> 3.0.9'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rr', '~> 0.10.11' # 1.0.0 has respond_to? issues: http://github.com/btakita/rr/issues/issue/43
   s.add_development_dependency 'supermodel', '~> 0.1.4'
diff --git a/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb b/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb
index e51f9b6..1d86175 100644
--- a/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb
+++ b/lib/cancan/controller_resource.rb
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ module CanCan
       end
       if @options[:authorize]
         if resource_instance
-          if @params[name] && (authorization_action == :create || authorization_action == :update)
-            @params[name].each do |key, value|
+          if resource_params && (authorization_action == :create || authorization_action == :update)
+            resource_params.each do |key, value|
               @controller.authorize!(authorization_action, resource_instance, key.to_sym)
             end
           else
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module CanCan
     end
 
     def build_resource
-      resource = resource_base.new(@params[name] || {})
+      resource = resource_base.new(resource_params || {})
       resource.send("#{parent_name}=", parent_resource) if @options[:singleton] && parent_resource
       initial_attributes.each do |attr_name, value|
         resource.send("#{attr_name}=", value)
@@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ module CanCan
 
     def initial_attributes
       current_ability.attributes_for(@params[:action].to_sym, subject_name).delete_if do |key, value|
-        @params[name] && @params[name].include?(key)
+        resource_params && resource_params.include?(key)
       end
     end
 
     def find_and_update_resource
       resource = find_resource
-      if @params[name]
+      if resource_params
         @controller.authorize!(authorization_action, resource) if @options[:authorize]
-        resource.attributes = @params[name]
+        resource.attributes = resource_params
       end
       resource
     end
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ module CanCan
       @name || name_from_controller
     end
 
+    def resource_params
+      # since Rails includes the namespace in the params sent by the form (issue #349)
+      @params[namespaced_name.to_s.underscore.gsub("/", "_")]
+    end
+
     def namespaced_name
       @params[:controller].sub("Controller", "").singularize.camelize.constantize
     rescue NameError
diff --git a/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb
index 03ab1d0..8e4a407 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/controller_resource_spec.rb
@@ -33,17 +33,6 @@ describe CanCan::ControllerResource do
     @controller.instance_variable_get(:@project).should == project
   end
 
-  it "should attempt to load a resource with the same namespace as the controller when using :: for namespace" do
-    module MyEngine
-      class Project < ::Project; end
-    end
-    project = MyEngine::Project.create!
-    @params.merge!(:controller => "MyEngine::ProjectsController", :action => "show", :id => project.id)
-    resource = CanCan::ControllerResource.new(@controller, :load => true)
-    resource.process
-    @controller.instance_variable_get(:@project).should == project
-  end
-
   it "should properly load resource for namespaced controller when using '::' for namespace" do
     project = Project.create!
     @params.merge!(:controller => "Admin::ProjectsController", :action => "show", :id => project.id)
@@ -351,8 +340,7 @@ describe CanCan::ControllerResource do
   it "should allow full find method to be passed into find_by option" do
     project = Project.create!(:name => "foo")
     @params.merge!(:action => "show", :id => "foo")
-    resource = CanCan::ControllerResource.new(@controller, :find_by => :find_by_name, :load => true)
-    resource.process
+    CanCan::ControllerResource.new(@controller, :find_by => :find_by_name, :load => true).process
     @controller.instance_variable_get(:@project).should == project
   end
 
@@ -371,6 +359,26 @@ describe CanCan::ControllerResource do
     lambda { resource.process }.should raise_error(CanCan::Unauthorized)
   end
 
+  it "should attempt to load a resource with the same namespace as the controller when using :: for namespace" do
+    module Namespaced
+      class Project < ::Project; end
+    end
+    project = Namespaced::Project.create!
+    @params.merge!(:controller => "Namespaced::ProjectsController", :action => "show", :id => project.id)
+    CanCan::ControllerResource.new(@controller, :load => true).process
+    @controller.instance_variable_get(:@project).should == project
+  end
+
+  # Rails includes namespace in params, see issue #349
+  it "should create through namespaced params" do
+    module Namespaced
+      class Project < ::Project; end
+    end
+    @params.merge!(:controller => "Namespaced::ProjectsController", :action => "create", :namespaced_project => {:name => "foobar"})
+    CanCan::ControllerResource.new(@controller, :load => true).process
+    @controller.instance_variable_get(:@project).name.should == "foobar"
+  end
+
   # it "should raise ImplementationRemoved when adding :name option" do
   #   lambda {
   #     CanCan::ControllerResource.new(@controller, :name => :foo)
diff --git a/spec/cancan/model_adapters/active_record_adapter_spec.rb b/spec/cancan/model_adapters/active_record_adapter_spec.rb
index 0ce66dc..6eb748a 100644
--- a/spec/cancan/model_adapters/active_record_adapter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cancan/model_adapters/active_record_adapter_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 if ENV["MODEL_ADAPTER"].nil? || ENV["MODEL_ADAPTER"] == "active_record"
   require "spec_helper"
 
-  RSpec.configure do |config|
-    config.extend WithModel
-  end
-
   ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => "sqlite3", :database => ":memory:")
 
   describe CanCan::ModelAdapters::ActiveRecordAdapter do
diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
deleted file mode 100644
index a5faa1d..0000000
--- a/spec/spec.opts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
---color
---backtrace
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 4deccd1..30489e2 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ require 'matchers'
 require 'cancan/matchers'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
+  config.filter_run :focus => true
+  config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
+
   config.mock_with :rr
   config.before(:each) do
     Project.delete_all
     Category.delete_all
   end
+  config.extend WithModel
 end
 
 class Ability