1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bs4/testing.py b/bs4/testing.py
index c374a29..967261d 100644
--- a/bs4/testing.py
+++ b/bs4/testing.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Helper classes for tests."""
 
 import unittest
+from unittest import TestCase
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from bs4.element import Comment, SoupStrainer
 from bs4.builder import LXMLTreeBuilder
@@ -31,3 +32,34 @@ class SoupTest(unittest.TestCase):
             compare_parsed_to = to_parse
 
         self.assertEqual(obj.decode(), self.document_for(compare_parsed_to))
+
+# Code copied from Python 2.7 standard library, unittest.py, for use
+# in Python 2.6.
+
+def _id(obj):
+    return obj
+
+
+def skip(reason):
+    """
+    Unconditionally skip a test.
+    """
+    def decorator(test_item):
+        if not (isinstance(test_item, type) and issubclass(test_item, TestCase)):
+            @functools.wraps(test_item)
+            def skip_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+                raise SkipTest(reason)
+            test_item = skip_wrapper
+
+        test_item.__unittest_skip__ = True
+        test_item.__unittest_skip_why__ = reason
+        return test_item
+    return decorator
+
+def skipIf(condition, reason):
+    """
+    Skip a test if the condition is true.
+    """
+    if condition:
+        return skip(reason)
+    return _id