2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb b/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 43736ee7ec..a950fc8b7e 100644
--- a/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/railties/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ if defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
 else
   RAILS_ROOT = File.dirname(__FILE__)
 end
+
+def uses_gem(gem_name, test_name, version = '> 0')
+  gem gem_name.to_s, version
+  require gem_name.to_s
+  yield
+rescue LoadError
+  $stderr.puts "Skipping #{test_name} tests. `gem install #{gem_name}` and try again."
+end
diff --git a/railties/test/fcgi_dispatcher_test.rb b/railties/test/fcgi_dispatcher_test.rb
index 805c4f3a60..c7a7f77118 100644
--- a/railties/test/fcgi_dispatcher_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/fcgi_dispatcher_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 
-begin
+uses_gem "fcgi", "0.8.7" do
+
 require 'action_controller'
 require 'fcgi_handler'
 
@@ -260,7 +261,4 @@ class RailsFCGIHandlerPeriodicGCTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_nil @handler.when_ready
   end
 end
-
-rescue LoadError => e
-  raise unless e.message =~ /fcgi/
-end
+end # uses_gem "fcgi"