2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
index 57e410f345..88453c3c66 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ class Pathname
 
   # :startdoc:
 
-  def inspect # :nodoc:
-    "#<#{self.class}:#{@path}>"
-  end
-
   # Return a pathname which is substituted by String#sub.
   def sub(pattern, *rest, &block)
     if block
diff --git a/ext/pathname/pathname.c b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
index 02f964058e..5c3620e2b5 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/pathname.c
+++ b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
@@ -141,6 +141,15 @@ path_to_s(VALUE self)
     return rb_obj_dup(get_strpath(self));
 }
 
+/* :nodoc: */
+static VALUE
+path_inspect(VALUE self)
+{
+    const char *c = rb_obj_classname(self);
+    VALUE str = get_strpath(self);
+    return rb_sprintf("#<%s:%s>", c, RSTRING_PTR(str));
+}
+
 /*
  * == Pathname
  *
@@ -336,4 +345,5 @@ Init_pathname()
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "hash", path_hash, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "to_s", path_to_s, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "to_path", path_to_s, 0);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "inspect", path_inspect, 0);
 }