diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index e52ee3a..22b2870 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.1
+.. versionchanged:: 2.7
+
+   Added :ref:`skipping and expected failures <unittest-skipping>`.
 
 The Python unit testing framework, sometimes referred to as "PyUnit," is a
 Python language version of JUnit, by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma. JUnit is, in
@@ -60,7 +63,8 @@
 
 Test suites are implemented by the :class:`TestSuite` class.  This class allows
 individual tests and test suites to be aggregated; when the suite is executed,
-all tests added directly to the suite and in "child" test suites are run.
+all tests added directly to the suite and in "child" test suites are run.  A
+:class:`ClassTestSuite` contains the test cases of a class.
 
 A test runner is an object that provides a single method, :meth:`run`, which
 accepts a :class:`TestCase` or :class:`TestSuite` object as a parameter, and
@@ -408,6 +412,78 @@
    make future test refactorings infinitely easier.
 
 
+.. _unittest-skipping:
+
+Skipping tests and expected failures
+------------------------------------
+
+Unittest supports skipping individual test methods and even whole classes of
+tests.  In addition, it supports marking a test as a "expected failure," a test
+that is broken and will fail, but shouldn't be counted as a failure on a
+:class:`TestResult`.
+
+Skipping a test is simply a matter of using the :func:`skip` :term:`decorator`
+or one of its conditional variants.
+
+Basic skipping looks like this: ::
+
+   class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+       @unittest.skip("demonstrating skipping")
+       def test_nothing(self):
+           self.fail("shouldn't happen")
+
+This is the output of running the example above in verbose mode: ::
+
+   test_nothing (__main__.MyTestCase) ... skipped 'demonstrating skipping'
+
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Ran 1 test in 0.072s
+
+Classes can be skipped just like methods: ::
+
+   @skip("showing class skipping")
+   class MySkippedTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+       def test_not_run(self):
+           pass
+
+Expected failures use the :func:`expectedFailure` decorator. ::
+
+   class ExpectedFailureTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+       @unittest.expectedFailure
+       def test_fail(self):
+           self.assertEqual(1, 0, "broken")
+
+It's easy to roll your own skipping decorators by making a decorator that calls
+:func:`skip` on the test when it wants it to be skipped.  This decorator skips
+the test unless the passed object has a certain attribute: ::
+
+   def skipUnlessHasattr(obj, attr):
+       if hasattr(obj, attr):
+           return lambda func: func
+       return unittest.skip("{0!r} doesn't have {1!r}".format(obj, attr))
+
+The following decorators implement test skipping and expected failures:
+
+.. function:: skip(reason)
+
+   Unconditionally skip the decorated test.  *reason* should describe why the
+   test is being skipped.
+
+.. function:: skipIf(condition, reason)
+
+   Skip the decorated test if *condition* is true.
+
+.. function:: skipUnless(condition, reason)
+
+   Skip the decoratored test unless *condition* is true.
+
+.. function:: expectedFailure
+
+   Mark the test as an expected failure.  If the test fails when run, the test
+   is not counted as a failure.
+
+
 .. _unittest-contents:
 
 Classes and functions
@@ -459,6 +535,13 @@
    test suites that will be used to build the suite initially. Additional methods
    are provided to add test cases and suites to the collection later on.
 
+.. class:: ClassTestSuite(tests, collected_from)
+
+   This subclass of :class:`TestSuite` repesents an aggregation of individuals
+   tests from one :class:`TestCase` class.  *tests* is an iterable of
+   :class:`TestCase` instances created from the class.  *collected_from* is the
+   class they came from.
+
 
 .. class:: TestLoader()
 
@@ -553,6 +636,11 @@
    The same effect may be had by simply calling the :class:`TestCase` instance.
 
 
+.. method:: TestCase.skip(reason)
+
+   Skips the current test.  See :ref:`unittest-skipping`.
+
+
 .. method:: TestCase.debug()
 
    Run the test without collecting the result.  This allows exceptions raised by
@@ -690,10 +778,11 @@
 TestSuite Objects
 -----------------
 
-:class:`TestSuite` objects behave much like :class:`TestCase` objects, except
-they do not actually implement a test.  Instead, they are used to aggregate
-tests into groups of tests that should be run together. Some additional methods
-are available to add tests to :class:`TestSuite` instances:
+:class:`TestSuite` (including :class:`ClassTestSuite`) objects behave much like
+:class:`TestCase` objects, except they do not actually implement a test.
+Instead, they are used to aggregate tests into groups of tests that should be
+run together. Some additional methods are available to add tests to
+:class:`TestSuite` instances:
 
 
 .. method:: TestSuite.addTest(test)
@@ -846,6 +935,34 @@
    The default implementation does nothing.
 
 
+.. method:: TestResult.addSkip(test, reason)
+
+   Called when the test case *test* is skipped.  *reason* is the reason the test
+   gave for skipping.
+
+   The default implementation appends a tuple ``(test, reason)`` to the
+   instance's ``skipped`` attribute.
+
+
+.. method:: TestResult.addExpectedFailure(test, err)
+
+   Called when the test case *test* fails, but was marked with the
+   :func:`expectedFailure` decorator.
+
+   The default implementation appends a tuple ``(test, formatted_err)`` to the
+   instance's ``expected_failures`` attribute, where *formatted_err* is a
+   formatted traceback derived from *err*.
+
+
+.. method:: TestResult.addUnexpectedSuccess(test)
+
+   Called when the test case *test* was marked with the :func:`expectedFailure`
+   decorator, but succeeded.
+
+   The default implementation appends the test to the instance's
+   ``unexpected_successes`` attribute.
+
+
 .. _testloader-objects:
 
 TestLoader Objects
@@ -946,3 +1063,9 @@
 
    This affects all the :meth:`loadTestsFrom\*` methods.
 
+
+.. attribute:: TestLoader.classSuiteClass
+
+   Callable object that constructs a test suite for the tests cases from one
+   class.  The default value is :class:`ClassTestSuite`.
+
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unittest.py b/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
index df656e4..6a32dbf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
@@ -31,10 +31,27 @@
         self._events.append('addFailure')
         super(LoggingResult, self).addFailure(*args)
 
+    def addSuccess(self, *args):
+        self._events.append('addSuccess')
+        super(LoggingResult, self).addSuccess(*args)
+
     def addError(self, *args):
         self._events.append('addError')
         super(LoggingResult, self).addError(*args)
 
+    def addSkip(self, *args):
+        self._events.append('addSkip')
+        super(LoggingResult, self).addSkip(*args)
+
+    def addExpectedFailure(self, *args):
+        self._events.append('addExpectedFailure')
+        super(LoggingResult, self).addExpectedFailure(*args)
+
+    def addUnexpectedSuccess(self, *args):
+        self._events.append('addUnexpectedSuccess')
+        super(LoggingResult, self).addUnexpectedSuccess(*args)
+
+
 class TestEquality(object):
     # Check for a valid __eq__ implementation
     def test_eq(self):
@@ -72,6 +89,13 @@
                 self.fail("Problem hashing %s and %s: %s" % (obj_1, obj_2, e))
 
 
+# List subclass we can add attributes to.
+class MyClassSuite(list):
+
+    def __init__(self, tests, klass):
+        super(MyClassSuite, self).__init__(tests)
+
+
 ################################################################
 ### /Support code
 
@@ -1223,7 +1247,7 @@
         tests = [Foo('test_1'), Foo('test_2')]
 
         loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-        loader.suiteClass = list
+        loader.classSuiteClass = MyClassSuite
         self.assertEqual(loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(Foo), tests)
 
     # It is implicit in the documentation for TestLoader.suiteClass that
@@ -1236,7 +1260,7 @@
             def foo_bar(self): pass
         m.Foo = Foo
 
-        tests = [[Foo('test_1'), Foo('test_2')]]
+        tests = [unittest.ClassTestSuite([Foo('test_1'), Foo('test_2')], Foo)]
 
         loader = unittest.TestLoader()
         loader.suiteClass = list
@@ -1255,7 +1279,7 @@
         tests = [Foo('test_1'), Foo('test_2')]
 
         loader = unittest.TestLoader()
-        loader.suiteClass = list
+        loader.classSuiteClass = MyClassSuite
         self.assertEqual(loader.loadTestsFromName('Foo', m), tests)
 
     # It is implicit in the documentation for TestLoader.suiteClass that
@@ -1268,7 +1292,7 @@
             def foo_bar(self): pass
         m.Foo = Foo
 
-        tests = [[Foo('test_1'), Foo('test_2')]]
+        tests = [unittest.ClassTestSuite([Foo('test_1'), Foo('test_2')], Foo)]
 
         loader = unittest.TestLoader()
         loader.suiteClass = list
@@ -2261,9 +2285,103 @@
         # Make run() find a result object on its own
         Foo('test').run()
 
-        expected = ['startTest', 'test', 'stopTest']
+        expected = ['startTest', 'test', 'addSuccess', 'stopTest']
         self.assertEqual(events, expected)
 
+
+class Test_TestSkipping(TestCase):
+
+    def test_skipping(self):
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_skip_me(self):
+                self.skip("skip")
+        events = []
+        result = LoggingResult(events)
+        test = Foo("test_skip_me")
+        test.run(result)
+        self.assertEqual(events, ['startTest', 'addSkip', 'stopTest'])
+        self.assertEqual(result.skipped, [(test, "skip")])
+
+        # Try letting setUp skip the test now.
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def setUp(self):
+                self.skip("testing")
+            def test_nothing(self): pass
+        events = []
+        result = LoggingResult(events)
+        test = Foo("test_nothing")
+        test.run(result)
+        self.assertEqual(events, ['startTest', 'addSkip', 'stopTest'])
+        self.assertEqual(result.skipped, [(test, "testing")])
+        self.assertEqual(result.testsRun, 1)
+
+    def test_skipping_decorators(self):
+        op_table = ((unittest.skipUnless, False, True),
+                    (unittest.skipIf, True, False))
+        for deco, do_skip, dont_skip in op_table:
+            class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+                @deco(do_skip, "testing")
+                def test_skip(self): pass
+
+                @deco(dont_skip, "testing")
+                def test_dont_skip(self): pass
+            test_do_skip = Foo("test_skip")
+            test_dont_skip = Foo("test_dont_skip")
+            suite = unittest.ClassTestSuite([test_do_skip, test_dont_skip], Foo)
+            events = []
+            result = LoggingResult(events)
+            suite.run(result)
+            self.assertEqual(len(result.skipped), 1)
+            expected = ['startTest', 'addSkip', 'stopTest',
+                        'startTest', 'addSuccess', 'stopTest']
+            self.assertEqual(events, expected)
+            self.assertEqual(result.testsRun, 2)
+            self.assertEqual(result.skipped, [(test_do_skip, "testing")])
+            self.assertTrue(result.wasSuccessful())
+
+    def test_skip_class(self):
+        @unittest.skip("testing")
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_1(self):
+                record.append(1)
+        record = []
+        result = unittest.TestResult()
+        suite = unittest.ClassTestSuite([Foo("test_1")], Foo)
+        suite.run(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result.skipped, [(suite, "testing")])
+        self.assertEqual(record, [])
+
+    def test_expected_failure(self):
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            @unittest.expectedFailure
+            def test_die(self):
+                self.fail("help me!")
+        events = []
+        result = LoggingResult(events)
+        test = Foo("test_die")
+        test.run(result)
+        self.assertEqual(events,
+                         ['startTest', 'addExpectedFailure', 'stopTest'])
+        self.assertEqual(result.expected_failures[0][0], test)
+        self.assertTrue(result.wasSuccessful())
+
+    def test_unexpected_success(self):
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            @unittest.expectedFailure
+            def test_die(self):
+                pass
+        events = []
+        result = LoggingResult(events)
+        test = Foo("test_die")
+        test.run(result)
+        self.assertEqual(events,
+                         ['startTest', 'addUnexpectedSuccess', 'stopTest'])
+        self.assertFalse(result.failures)
+        self.assertEqual(result.unexpected_successes, [test])
+        self.assertTrue(result.wasSuccessful())
+
+
+
 class Test_Assertions(TestCase):
     def test_AlmostEqual(self):
         self.failUnlessAlmostEqual(1.00000001, 1.0)
@@ -2328,7 +2446,7 @@
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(Test_TestCase, Test_TestLoader,
         Test_TestSuite, Test_TestResult, Test_FunctionTestCase,
-        Test_Assertions)
+        Test_TestSkipping, Test_Assertions)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/unittest.py b/Lib/unittest.py
index ccce746..8263887 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import traceback
 import os
 import types
+import functools
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Exported classes and functions
@@ -84,6 +85,79 @@
 def _strclass(cls):
     return "%s.%s" % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__)
 
+
+class SkipTest(Exception):
+    """
+    Raise this exception in a test to skip it.
+
+    Usually you can use TestResult.skip() or one of the skipping decorators
+    instead of raising this directly.
+    """
+    pass
+
+class _ExpectedFailure(Exception):
+    """
+    Raise this when a test is expected to fail.
+
+    This is an implementation detail.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, exc_info):
+        super(_ExpectedFailure, self).__init__()
+        self.exc_info = exc_info
+
+class _UnexpectedSuccess(Exception):
+    """
+    The test was supposed to fail, but it didn't!
+    """
+    pass
+
+def _id(obj):
+    return obj
+
+def skip(reason):
+    """
+    Unconditionally skip a test.
+    """
+    def decorator(test_item):
+        if isinstance(test_item, type) and issubclass(test_item, TestCase):
+            test_item.__unittest_skip__ = True
+            test_item.__unittest_skip_why__ = reason
+            return test_item
+        @functools.wraps(test_item)
+        def skip_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            raise SkipTest(reason)
+        return skip_wrapper
+    return decorator
+
+def skipIf(condition, reason):
+    """
+    Skip a test if the condition is true.
+    """
+    if condition:
+        return skip(reason)
+    return _id
+
+def skipUnless(condition, reason):
+    """
+    Skip a test unless the condition is true.
+    """
+    if not condition:
+        return skip(reason)
+    return _id
+
+
+def expectedFailure(func):
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            func(*args, **kwargs)
+        except Exception:
+            raise _ExpectedFailure(sys.exc_info())
+        raise _UnexpectedSuccess
+    return wrapper
+
+
 __unittest = 1
 
 class TestResult(object):
@@ -101,6 +175,9 @@
         self.failures = []
         self.errors = []
         self.testsRun = 0
+        self.skipped = []
+        self.expected_failures = []
+        self.unexpected_successes = []
         self.shouldStop = False
 
     def startTest(self, test):
@@ -126,6 +203,19 @@
         "Called when a test has completed successfully"
         pass
 
+    def addSkip(self, test, reason):
+        """Called when a test is skipped."""
+        self.skipped.append((test, reason))
+
+    def addExpectedFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Called when an expected failure/error occured."""
+        self.expected_failures.append(
+            (test, self._exc_info_to_string(err, test)))
+
+    def addUnexpectedSuccess(self, test):
+        """Called when a test was expected to fail, but succeed."""
+        self.unexpected_successes.append(test)
+
     def wasSuccessful(self):
         "Tells whether or not this result was a success"
         return len(self.failures) == len(self.errors) == 0
@@ -274,25 +364,36 @@
         try:
             try:
                 self.setUp()
+            except SkipTest as e:
+                result.addSkip(self, str(e))
+                return
             except Exception:
                 result.addError(self, self._exc_info())
                 return
 
-            ok = False
+            success = False
             try:
                 testMethod()
-                ok = True
             except self.failureException:
                 result.addFailure(self, self._exc_info())
+            except _ExpectedFailure as e:
+                result.addExpectedFailure(self, e.exc_info)
+            except _UnexpectedSuccess:
+                result.addUnexpectedSuccess(self)
+            except SkipTest as e:
+                result.addSkip(self, str(e))
             except Exception:
                 result.addError(self, self._exc_info())
+            else:
+                success = True
 
             try:
                 self.tearDown()
             except Exception:
                 result.addError(self, self._exc_info())
-                ok = False
-            if ok: result.addSuccess(self)
+                success = False
+            if success:
+                result.addSuccess(self)
         finally:
             result.stopTest(self)
 
@@ -312,6 +413,10 @@
         """
         return sys.exc_info()
 
+    def skip(self, reason):
+        """Skip this test."""
+        raise SkipTest(reason)
+
     def fail(self, msg=None):
         """Fail immediately, with the given message."""
         raise self.failureException(msg)
@@ -419,8 +524,8 @@
     __str__ = __repr__
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        if type(self) is not type(other):
-            return False
+        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+            return NotImplemented
         return self._tests == other._tests
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
@@ -469,6 +574,37 @@
         for test in self._tests: test.debug()
 
 
+class ClassTestSuite(TestSuite):
+    """
+    Suite of tests derived from a single TestCase class.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, tests, class_collected_from):
+        super(ClassTestSuite, self).__init__(tests)
+        self.collected_from = class_collected_from
+
+    def id(self):
+        module = getattr(self.collected_from, "__module__", None)
+        if module is not None:
+            return "{0}.{1}".format(module, self.collected_from.__name__)
+        return self.collected_from.__name__
+
+    def run(self, result):
+        if getattr(self.collected_from, "__unittest_skip__", False):
+            # ClassTestSuite result pretends to be a TestCase enough to be
+            # reported.
+            result.startTest(self)
+            try:
+                result.addSkip(self, self.collected_from.__unittest_skip_why__)
+            finally:
+                result.stopTest(self)
+        else:
+            result = super(ClassTestSuite, self).run(result)
+        return result
+
+    shortDescription = id
+
+
 class FunctionTestCase(TestCase):
     """A test case that wraps a test function.
 
@@ -540,6 +676,7 @@
     testMethodPrefix = 'test'
     sortTestMethodsUsing = cmp
     suiteClass = TestSuite
+    classSuiteClass = ClassTestSuite
 
     def loadTestsFromTestCase(self, testCaseClass):
         """Return a suite of all tests cases contained in testCaseClass"""
@@ -548,7 +685,9 @@
         testCaseNames = self.getTestCaseNames(testCaseClass)
         if not testCaseNames and hasattr(testCaseClass, 'runTest'):
             testCaseNames = ['runTest']
-        return self.suiteClass(map(testCaseClass, testCaseNames))
+        suite = self.classSuiteClass(map(testCaseClass, testCaseNames),
+                                     testCaseClass)
+        return suite
 
     def loadTestsFromModule(self, module):
         """Return a suite of all tests cases contained in the given module"""
@@ -719,6 +858,30 @@
             self.stream.write('F')
             self.stream.flush()
 
+    def addSkip(self, test, reason):
+        TestResult.addSkip(self, test, reason)
+        if self.showAll:
+            self.stream.writeln("skipped {0!r}".format(reason))
+        elif self.dots:
+            self.stream.write("s")
+            self.stream.flush()
+
+    def addExpectedFailure(self, test, err):
+        TestResult.addExpectedFailure(self, test, err)
+        if self.showAll:
+            self.stream.writeln("expected failure")
+        elif self.dots:
+            self.stream.write(".")
+            self.stream.flush()
+
+    def addUnexpectedSuccess(self, test):
+        TestResult.addUnexpectedSuccess(self, test)
+        if self.showAll:
+            self.stream.writeln("unexpected success")
+        elif self.dots:
+            self.stream.write(".")
+            self.stream.flush()
+
     def printErrors(self):
         if self.dots or self.showAll:
             self.stream.writeln()
@@ -760,17 +923,28 @@
         self.stream.writeln("Ran %d test%s in %.3fs" %
                             (run, run != 1 and "s" or "", timeTaken))
         self.stream.writeln()
+        results = map(len, (result.expected_failures,
+                            result.unexpected_successes,
+                            result.skipped))
+        expected_fails, unexpected_successes, skipped = results
+        infos = []
         if not result.wasSuccessful():
-            self.stream.write("FAILED (")
+            self.stream.write("FAILED")
             failed, errored = map(len, (result.failures, result.errors))
             if failed:
-                self.stream.write("failures=%d" % failed)
+                infos.append("failures=%d" % failed)
             if errored:
-                if failed: self.stream.write(", ")
-                self.stream.write("errors=%d" % errored)
-            self.stream.writeln(")")
+                infos.append("errors=%d" % errored)
         else:
-            self.stream.writeln("OK")
+            self.stream.write("OK")
+        if skipped:
+            infos.append("skipped=%d" % skipped)
+        if expected_fails:
+            infos.append("expected failures=%d" % expected_fails)
+        if unexpected_successes:
+            infos.append("unexpected successes=%d" % unexpected_successes)
+        if infos:
+            self.stream.writeln(" (%s)" % (", ".join(infos),))
         return result
 
 
@@ -824,9 +998,9 @@
 
     def parseArgs(self, argv):
         import getopt
+        long_opts = ['help','verbose','quiet']
         try:
-            options, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], 'hHvq',
-                                          ['help','verbose','quiet'])
+            options, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], 'hHvq', long_opts)
             for opt, value in options:
                 if opt in ('-h','-H','--help'):
                     self.usageExit()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d734536..b37c250 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #1034053: unittest now supports skipping tests and expected failures.
+
 - Issue #5068: Fixed the tarfile._BZ2Proxy.read() method that would loop
   forever on incomplete input. That caused tarfile.open() to hang when used
   with mode 'r' or 'r:bz2' and a fileobj argument that contained no data or