2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
index 56e3a4525f..3fe6c0fc18 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ class Pathname
 
   # :startdoc:
 
-  def taint() super; @path.taint; self end
   def untaint() super; @path.untaint; self end
 
   #
diff --git a/ext/pathname/pathname.c b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
index cba325b0dc..a66fefa53d 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/pathname.c
+++ b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ path_freeze(VALUE self)
     return self;
 }
 
+static VALUE
+path_taint(VALUE self)
+{
+    rb_call_super(0, 0);
+    OBJ_TAINT(get_strpath(self));
+    return self;
+}
+
 void
 Init_pathname()
 {
@@ -62,4 +70,5 @@ Init_pathname()
     rb_cPathname = rb_define_class("Pathname", rb_cObject);
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "initialize", path_initialize, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "freeze", path_freeze, 0);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "taint", path_taint, 0);
 }