diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 0d5b758..ae31a70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ X-editable changelog
 
 Version 1.4.5 wip
 ----------------------------
+[enh] added `submitValue` to `save` event params (vitalets)
 [enh #259] allow `getValue` method to return value itself, not object (vitalets)
 [enh] add `destroy` method to inputs (vitalets)
 [enh #164] allow emptytext to be html (vitalets)
diff --git a/src/editable-form/editable-form.js b/src/editable-form/editable-form.js
index eb27e40..97f9e4e 100644
--- a/src/editable-form/editable-form.js
+++ b/src/editable-form/editable-form.js
@@ -212,8 +212,11 @@ Editableform is linked with one of input types, e.g. 'text', 'select' etc.
                 return;
             } 
 
+            //convert value for submitting to server
+            var submitValue = this.input.value2submit(newValue);
+            
             //sending data to server
-            $.when(this.save(newValue))
+            $.when(this.save(submitValue))
             .done($.proxy(function(response) {
                 //run success callback
                 var res = typeof this.options.success === 'function' ? this.options.success.call(this.options.scope, response, newValue) : null;
@@ -246,7 +249,8 @@ Editableform is linked with one of input types, e.g. 'text', 'select' etc.
                 @event save 
                 @param {Object} event event object
                 @param {Object} params additional params
-                @param {mixed} params.newValue submitted value
+                @param {mixed} params.newValue raw new value
+                @param {mixed} params.submitValue submitted value as string
                 @param {Object} params.response ajax response
 
                 @example
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ Editableform is linked with one of input types, e.g. 'text', 'select' etc.
                     if(params.newValue === 'username') {...}
                 });                    
                 **/                
-                this.$div.triggerHandler('save', {newValue: newValue, response: response});
+                this.$div.triggerHandler('save', {newValue: newValue, submitValue: submitValue, response: response});
             }, this))
             .fail($.proxy(function(xhr) {
                 var msg;
@@ -269,10 +273,7 @@ Editableform is linked with one of input types, e.g. 'text', 'select' etc.
             }, this));
         },
 
-        save: function(newValue) {
-            //convert value for submitting to server
-            var submitValue = this.input.value2submit(newValue);
-            
+        save: function(submitValue) {
             //try parse composite pk defined as json string in data-pk 
             this.options.pk = $.fn.editableutils.tryParseJson(this.options.pk, true); 
             
diff --git a/test/unit/api.js b/test/unit/api.js
index 1747067..fd04317 100644
--- a/test/unit/api.js
+++ b/test/unit/api.js
@@ -150,12 +150,13 @@ $(function () {
      });    
      
      asyncTest("event: save / hidden (reason: save)", function () {
-        expect(2);
+        expect(3);
         var val = '1',
             e = $('<a href="#" data-pk="1" data-type="select" data-url="post.php" data-name="text" data-value="'+val+'"></a>').appendTo(fx);
         
         e.on('save', function(event, params) {
             equal(params.newValue, 2, 'save triggered, value correct');
+            equal(params.submitValue, '2', 'submitValue property correct');
         });
         
         e.on('hidden', function(event, reason) {