4 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
index b55a706b2f..504ebcb2fe 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Rails 4.0.0 (unreleased) ##
 
+*   Deprecate `ActiveSupport::TestCase#pending` method, use `skip` from MiniTest instead. *Carlos Antonio da Silva*
+
 *   `XmlMini.with_backend` now may be safely used with threads:
 
         Thread.new do
@@ -270,8 +272,6 @@
 
 *   Add html_escape_once to ERB::Util, and delegate escape_once tag helper to it. *Carlos Antonio da Silva*
 
-*   Remove ActiveSupport::TestCase#pending method, use `skip` instead. *Carlos Antonio da Silva*
-
 *   Deprecates the compatibility method Module#local_constant_names,
     use Module#local_constants instead (which returns symbols). *fxn*
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb
index c96ad17aba..ee7bda9f93 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/test_case.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require 'active_support/testing/tagged_logging'
 require 'active_support/testing/setup_and_teardown'
 require 'active_support/testing/assertions'
 require 'active_support/testing/deprecation'
+require 'active_support/testing/pending'
 require 'active_support/testing/isolation'
 require 'active_support/testing/constant_lookup'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting'
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
     include ActiveSupport::Testing::SetupAndTeardown
     include ActiveSupport::Testing::Assertions
     include ActiveSupport::Testing::Deprecation
+    include ActiveSupport::Testing::Pending
 
     def self.describe(text)
       if block_given?
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/pending.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/pending.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944806bb64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/testing/pending.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'active_support/deprecation'
+
+module ActiveSupport
+  module Testing
+    module Pending
+      unless defined?(Spec)
+        def pending(description = "", &block)
+          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("#pending is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 4.1, please use #skip instead.")
+          skip(description.blank? ? nil : description)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/test_case_test.rb b/activesupport/test/test_case_test.rb
index 64426d02e9..dfe9f3c11c 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/test_case_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/test_case_test.rb
@@ -108,5 +108,11 @@ module ActiveSupport
       test = tc.new test_name
       assert_raises(Interrupt) { test.run fr }
     end
+
+    def test_pending_deprecation
+      assert_deprecated do
+        pending "should use #skip instead"
+      end
+    end
   end
 end