1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/rake/test_rake_directory_task.rb b/test/rake/test_rake_directory_task.rb
index c8275e6d10..0014d1c158 100644
--- a/test/rake/test_rake_directory_task.rb
+++ b/test/rake/test_rake_directory_task.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require File.expand_path('../helper', __FILE__)
 require 'fileutils'
+require 'pathname'
 
 class TestRakeDirectoryTask < Rake::TestCase
   include Rake
@@ -60,4 +61,16 @@ class TestRakeDirectoryTask < Rake::TestCase
     assert_equal ["t2", "a/b/c"], runlist
     assert File.directory?("a/b/c")
   end
+
+  def test_can_use_pathname
+    directory Pathname.new "a/b/c"
+
+    assert_equal FileCreationTask, Task["a/b/c"].class
+
+    verbose(false) {
+      Task['a/b/c'].invoke
+    }
+
+    assert File.directory?("a/b/c")
+  end
 end