diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
index 0e2d76252c..c2a1e7b3e4 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.JSON, {
                     if(geojson.type == null) {
                         geojson.type = "FeatureCollection";
                         if(element.layer && element.layer.projection) {
-                            this.createCRSObject(element);
+                            geojson.crs = this.createCRSObject(element);
                         }
                     } else if(geojson.type != "FeatureCollection") {
                         OpenLayers.Console.error("FeatureCollection only supports collections of features: " + element);
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.JSON, {
         } else if (obj instanceof OpenLayers.Feature.Vector) {
             geojson = this.extract.feature.apply(this, [obj]);
             if(obj.layer && obj.layer.projection) {
-                this.createCRSObject(obj);
+                geojson.crs = this.createCRSObject(obj);
             }
         }
         return OpenLayers.Format.JSON.prototype.write.apply(this,
@@ -479,20 +479,28 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.JSON, {
     /**
      * Method: createCRSObject
      * Create the CRS object for an object.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * object - {<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>} 
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Object} An object which can be assigned to the crs property
+     * of a GeoJSON object.
      */
     createCRSObject: function(object) {
        var proj = object.layer.projection;
+       var crs = {}
        if (proj.match(/epsg:/i)) {
            var code = parseInt(proj.substring(proj.indexOf(":") + 1));
            if (code == 4326) {
-               geojson.crs = {
+               crs = {
                    "type": "OGC",
                    "properties": {
                        "urn": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"
                    }
                };
            } else {    
-               geojson.crs = {
+               crs = {
                    "type": "EPSG",
                    "properties": {
                        "code": code 
@@ -500,6 +508,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.JSON, {
                };
            }    
        }
+       return crs;
     },
     
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Format/test_GeoJSON.html b/tests/Format/test_GeoJSON.html
index b221391ba0..f6bd389991 100644
--- a/tests/Format/test_GeoJSON.html
+++ b/tests/Format/test_GeoJSON.html
@@ -184,6 +184,23 @@
         t.eq(types, {'Point':15, 'Polygon': 2, 'LineString':2}, "Correct number of each type"); 
     }
 
+    function test_Format_GeoJSON_writeWithCRS(t) {
+        t.plan(2)
+        var feature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(1,2));
+        feature.fid = 0;
+        var output = '{"type":"Feature","id":0,"properties":{},"geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2]},"crs":{"type":"OGC","properties":{"urn":"urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"}}}';
+        layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector();
+        layer.projection = "EPSG:4326";
+        feature.layer = layer;
+        var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON();
+        test_out = parser.write(feature);
+        t.eq(test_out, output, "Output is equal for vector with layer in EPSG:4326 ");
+        feature.layer.projection = "EPSG:2805";
+        var output = '{"type":"Feature","id":0,"properties":{},"geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2]},"crs":{"type":"EPSG","properties":{"code":2805}}}';
+        test_out = parser.write(feature);
+        t.eq(test_out, output, "Output is equal for vector with point");
+    }    
+        
     function test_Format_GeoJSON_write(t) {
         t.plan(10);