diff --git a/js/index.php b/js/index.php
index f8ab8b94f19..234cf63129a 100644
--- a/js/index.php
+++ b/js/index.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	'jquery.hashchange.js',
 	'widgets/page.js',
 	'jquery.mobile.core.js',
-    'widgets/loader.js',
+	'widgets/loader.js',
 	'jquery.mobile.navigation.js',
 	'jquery.mobile.navigation.pushstate.js',
 	'jquery.mobile.transition.js',
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 	'widgets/listview.filter.js',
 	'widgets/listview.autodividers.js',
 	'jquery.mobile.nojs.js',
+	'widgets/forms/reset.js',
 	'widgets/forms/checkboxradio.js',
 	'widgets/forms/button.js',
 	'widgets/forms/slider.js',
diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.core.js b/js/jquery.mobile.core.js
index 4e8ebfea715..59b68790b03 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.core.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.core.js
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ define( [ "jquery", "text!../version.txt" ], function( $, __version__ ) {
 			WINDOWS: 91 // COMMAND
 		},
 
+		// Place to store various widget extensions
+		behaviors: {},
+
 		// Scroll page vertically: scroll to 0 to hide iOS address bar, or pass a Y value
 		silentScroll: function( ypos ) {
 			if ( $.type( ypos ) !== "number" ) {
diff --git a/js/widgets/forms/checkboxradio.js b/js/widgets/forms/checkboxradio.js
index 2e1114ff9c3..8d7dc88d8f7 100644
--- a/js/widgets/forms/checkboxradio.js
+++ b/js/widgets/forms/checkboxradio.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //>>css.structure: ../css/structure/jquery.mobile.forms.checkboxradio.css
 //>>css.theme: ../css/themes/default/jquery.mobile.theme.css
 
-define( [ "jquery", "../../jquery.mobile.core", "../../jquery.mobile.widget", "../../jquery.mobile.buttonMarkup" ], function( $ ) {
+define( [ "jquery", "../../jquery.mobile.core", "../../jquery.mobile.widget", "../../jquery.mobile.buttonMarkup", "./reset" ], function( $ ) {
 //>>excludeEnd("jqmBuildExclude");
 (function( $, undefined ) {
 
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ $.widget( "mobile.checkboxradio", $.mobile.widget, {
 				}
 			});
 
+		if ( this._handleFormReset ) {
+			this._handleFormReset();
+		}
 		this.refresh();
 	},
 
@@ -170,6 +173,10 @@ $.widget( "mobile.checkboxradio", $.mobile.widget, {
 		.checkboxradio( "refresh" );
 	},
 
+	_reset: function() {
+		this.refresh();
+	},
+
 	refresh: function() {
 		var input = this.element[0],
 			label = this.label,
@@ -199,6 +206,8 @@ $.widget( "mobile.checkboxradio", $.mobile.widget, {
 	}
 });
 
+$.widget( "mobile.checkboxradio", $.mobile.checkboxradio, $.mobile.behaviors.formReset );
+
 //auto self-init widgets
 $( document ).bind( "pagecreate create", function( e ) {
 	$.mobile.checkboxradio.prototype.enhanceWithin( e.target, true );
diff --git a/js/widgets/forms/reset.js b/js/widgets/forms/reset.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f65047c627b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/widgets/forms/reset.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//>>excludeStart("jqmBuildExclude", pragmas.jqmBuildExclude);
+//>>description: Make a widget react to a form's reset.
+//>>label: formReset
+//>>group: Forms
+
+define( [ "jquery", "../../jquery.mobile.core" ], function( $ ) {
+//>>excludeEnd("jqmBuildExclude");
+(function( $, undefined ) {
+
+$.mobile.behaviors.formReset = {
+	_handleFormReset: function() {
+		this._on( this.element.closest( "form" ), {
+			reset: function() {
+				this._delay( "_reset" );
+			}
+		});
+	}
+};
+
+})( jQuery );
+//>>excludeStart("jqmBuildExclude", pragmas.jqmBuildExclude);
+});
+//>>excludeEnd("jqmBuildExclude");
diff --git a/js/widgets/forms/select.js b/js/widgets/forms/select.js
index 259d0c93662..3ccc7477919 100644
--- a/js/widgets/forms/select.js
+++ b/js/widgets/forms/select.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //>>css.structure: ../css/structure/jquery.mobile.forms.select.css
 //>>css.theme: ../css/themes/default/jquery.mobile.theme.css
 
-define( [ "jquery", "../../jquery.mobile.core", "../../jquery.mobile.widget", "../../jquery.mobile.buttonMarkup", "../../jquery.mobile.zoom" ], function( $ ) {
+define( [ "jquery", "../../jquery.mobile.core", "../../jquery.mobile.widget", "../../jquery.mobile.buttonMarkup", "../../jquery.mobile.zoom", "./reset" ], function( $ ) {
 //>>excludeEnd("jqmBuildExclude");
 (function( $, undefined ) {
 
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 			self.refresh();
 		});
 
+		if ( this._handleFormReset ) {
+			this._handleFormReset();
+		}
 		this.build();
 	},
 
@@ -231,6 +234,10 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 		}
 	},
 
+	_reset: function() {
+		this.refresh();
+	},
+
 	refresh: function() {
 		this.setButtonText();
 		this.setButtonCount();
@@ -252,6 +259,8 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 	}
 });
 
+$.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.selectmenu, $.mobile.behaviors.formReset );
+
 //auto self-init widgets
 $( document ).bind( "pagecreate create", function( e ) {
 	$.mobile.selectmenu.prototype.enhanceWithin( e.target, true );
diff --git a/js/widgets/forms/slider.js b/js/widgets/forms/slider.js
index fbf22dd340c..bebc0315ee6 100644
--- a/js/widgets/forms/slider.js
+++ b/js/widgets/forms/slider.js
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
 //>>css.structure: ../css/structure/jquery.mobile.forms.slider.css
 //>>css.theme: ../css/themes/default/jquery.mobile.theme.css
 
-define( [ "jquery", "../../jquery.mobile.core", "../../jquery.mobile.widget", "./textinput", "../../jquery.mobile.buttonMarkup" ], function( $ ) {
+define( [ "jquery", "../../jquery.mobile.core", "../../jquery.mobile.widget", "./textinput", "../../jquery.mobile.buttonMarkup", "./reset" ], function( $ ) {
 //>>excludeEnd("jqmBuildExclude");
 (function( $, undefined ) {
 
 $.widget( "mobile.slider", $.mobile.widget, {
-	widgetEventPrefix: "slide",
-
 	options: {
 		theme: null,
 		trackTheme: null,
@@ -178,6 +176,10 @@ $.widget( "mobile.slider", $.mobile.widget, {
 
 		this.handle.bind( "vclick", false );
 
+		if ( this._handleFormReset ) {
+			this._handleFormReset();
+		}
+
 		this.refresh( undefined, undefined, true );
 	},
 
@@ -341,6 +343,11 @@ $.widget( "mobile.slider", $.mobile.widget, {
 		return  this.isToggleSwitch ? this.element[0].selectedIndex : parseFloat( this.element.val() ) ;
 	},
 
+
+	_reset: function() {
+		this.refresh( undefined, false, true );
+	},
+
 	refresh: function( val, isfromControl, preventInputUpdate ) {
 
 		// NOTE: we don't return here because we want to support programmatic
@@ -468,6 +475,13 @@ $.widget( "mobile.slider", $.mobile.widget, {
 
 });
 
+$.widget( "mobile.slider", $.mobile.slider, $.mobile.behaviors.formReset );
+
+// FIXME: Move the declaration of widgetEventPrefix back to the top of the
+// initial declaration of the slider widget once we start using a version of
+// the widget factory that includes a fix for http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8724
+$.widget( "mobile.slider", $.mobile.slider, { widgetEventPrefix: "slide" } );
+
 //auto self-init widgets
 $( document ).bind( "pagecreate create", function( e ) {
 	$.mobile.slider.prototype.enhanceWithin( e.target, true );