diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unittest.py b/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
index df760a7..d5f9a5c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
@@ -2062,6 +2062,53 @@
                 'Tests getDescription() for a method with a longer '
                 'docstring.'))
 
+classDict = dict(unittest.TestResult.__dict__)
+for m in 'addSkip', 'addExpectedFailure', 'addUnexpectedSuccess':
+    del classDict[m]
+OldResult = type('OldResult', (object,), classDict)
+
+class Test_OldTestResult(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def assertOldResultWarning(self, test, failures):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as log:
+            result = OldResult()
+            test.run(result)
+            self.assertEqual(len(result.failures), failures)
+            warning, = log
+            self.assertIs(warning.category, RuntimeWarning)
+
+    def testOldTestResult(self):
+        class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+            def testSkip(self):
+                self.skipTest('foobar')
+            @unittest.expectedFailure
+            def testExpectedFail(self):
+                raise TypeError
+            @unittest.expectedFailure
+            def testUnexpectedSuccess(self):
+                pass
+
+        for test_name, should_pass in (('testSkip', True),
+                                       ('testExpectedFail', True),
+                                       ('testUnexpectedSuccess', False)):
+            test = Test(test_name)
+            self.assertOldResultWarning(test, int(not should_pass))
+
+    def testOldTestTesultSetup(self):
+        class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+            def setUp(self):
+                self.skipTest('no reason')
+            def testFoo(self):
+                pass
+        self.assertOldResultWarning(Test('testFoo'), 0)
+
+    def testOldTestResultClass(self):
+        @unittest.skip('no reason')
+        class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+            def testFoo(self):
+                pass
+        self.assertOldResultWarning(Test('testFoo'), 0)
+
 
 ### Support code for Test_TestCase
 ################################################################
@@ -3826,7 +3873,8 @@
     test_support.run_unittest(Test_TestCase, Test_TestLoader,
         Test_TestSuite, Test_TestResult, Test_FunctionTestCase,
         Test_TestSkipping, Test_Assertions, TestLongMessage,
-        Test_TestProgram, TestCleanUp, TestDiscovery, Test_TextTestRunner)
+        Test_TestProgram, TestCleanUp, TestDiscovery, Test_TextTestRunner,
+        Test_OldTestResult)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 8de36d7..88d1bec 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@
         return "<%s testMethod=%s>" % \
                (strclass(self.__class__), self._testMethodName)
 
+    def _addSkip(self, result, reason):
+        addSkip = getattr(result, 'addSkip', None)
+        if addSkip is not None:
+            addSkip(self, reason)
+        else:
+            warnings.warn("TestResult has no addSkip method, skips not reported",
+                          RuntimeWarning, 2)
+            result.addSuccess(self)
+
     def run(self, result=None):
         orig_result = result
         if result is None:
@@ -262,7 +271,7 @@
         if getattr(self.__class__, "__unittest_skip__", False):
             # If the whole class was skipped.
             try:
-                result.addSkip(self, self.__class__.__unittest_skip_why__)
+                self._addSkip(result, self.__class__.__unittest_skip_why__)
             finally:
                 result.stopTest(self)
             return
@@ -272,7 +281,7 @@
             try:
                 self.setUp()
             except SkipTest as e:
-                result.addSkip(self, str(e))
+                self._addSkip(result, str(e))
             except Exception:
                 result.addError(self, sys.exc_info())
             else:
@@ -281,11 +290,23 @@
                 except self.failureException:
                     result.addFailure(self, sys.exc_info())
                 except _ExpectedFailure as e:
-                    result.addExpectedFailure(self, e.exc_info)
+                    addExpectedFailure = getattr(result, 'addExpectedFailure', None)
+                    if addExpectedFailure is not None:
+                        addExpectedFailure(self, e.exc_info)
+                    else:
+                        warnings.warn("TestResult has no addExpectedFailure method, reporting as passes",
+                                      RuntimeWarning)
+                        result.addSuccess(self)
                 except _UnexpectedSuccess:
-                    result.addUnexpectedSuccess(self)
+                    addUnexpectedSuccess = getattr(result, 'addUnexpectedSuccess', None)
+                    if addUnexpectedSuccess is not None:
+                        addUnexpectedSuccess(self)
+                    else:
+                        warnings.warn("TestResult has no addUnexpectedSuccess method, reporting as failures",
+                                      RuntimeWarning)
+                        result.addFailure(self, sys.exc_info())
                 except SkipTest as e:
-                    result.addSkip(self, str(e))
+                    self._addSkip(result, str(e))
                 except Exception:
                     result.addError(self, sys.exc_info())
                 else:
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/result.py b/Lib/unittest/result.py
index 4538304..bb2a47c 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/result.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/result.py
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@
         return length
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "<%s run=%i errors=%i failures=%i>" % \
+        return ("<%s run=%i errors=%i failures=%i>" %
                (util.strclass(self.__class__), self.testsRun, len(self.errors),
-                len(self.failures))
+                len(self.failures)))