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diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 88cfe4831..3eafdd55c 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ module ActiveSupport
       end
     end
 
+    ##
+    # work round minitest insanity that causes it to tell you
+    # to use assert_nil to test for nil, which is fine if you're
+    # comparing to a nil constant but not if you're comparing
+    # an expression that might be nil sometimes
+    def assert_equal_allowing_nil(exp, act, msg = nil)
+      if exp.nil?
+        assert_nil act, msg
+      else
+        assert_equal exp, act, msg
+      end
+    end
+
     ##
     # for some reason assert_equal a, b fails when the relations are
     # actually equal, so this method manually checks the fields...