diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
index 4d75d1f974..df8032e001 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.prototype = {
     // OpenLayers.Map
     map: null,
 
+    // str -- projection for use in WFS, WMS, etc.
+    projection: null,
+    
     /**
     * @param {str} name
     */
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Grid.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Grid.js
index c443d554f0..a262f02ffb 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Grid.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Grid.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Grid.prototype = Object.extend( new OpenLayers.Layer(), {
     */
     getFullRequestString:function(params) {
         var requestString = "";        
-        
+        this.params.srs = this.projection;
         // concat tile params with layer params and convert to string
         var allParams = Object.extend(params, this.params);
         var paramsString = OpenLayers.Util.getParameterString(allParams);
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WMS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WMS.js
index 8c5674f764..8fc220ba64 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WMS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WMS.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.WMS.prototype =
     DEFAULT_PARAMS: { service: "WMS",
                       version: "1.1.1",
                       request: "GetMap",
-                      srs: "EPSG:4326",
                       styles: "",
                       exceptions: "application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage",
                       format: "image/jpeg"
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
index 9ce8b2bf90..510b1b133d 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ OpenLayers.Map.prototype = {
     // float
     maxResolution: .3515625, // degrees per pixel
 
+    /* projection */
+    projection: "EPSG:4326",
+
     // DOMElement: the div that our map lives in
     div: null,
 
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ OpenLayers.Map.prototype = {
     */    
     addLayer: function (layer, zIndex) {
         layer.map = this;
+        layer.projection = this.projection;
         layer.div.style.overflow = "";
         if (zIndex) {
             layer.div.style.zIndex = zIndex;