diff --git a/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_transition.scss b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_transition.scss
index 60487bcc..405a3c26 100644
--- a/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_transition.scss
+++ b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_transition.scss
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $default-transition-delay: false !default;
 
 // Transition all-in-one shorthand
 
-@mixin transition(
+@mixin single-transition(
   $properties: $default-transition-property,
   $duration: $default-transition-duration,
   $function: $default-transition-function,
@@ -83,3 +83,37 @@ $default-transition-delay: false !default;
   @if $function { @include transition-timing-function($function); }
   @if $delay { @include transition-delay($delay); }
 }
+
+@mixin transition(
+  $transition-1 : default,
+  $transition-2 : false,
+  $transition-3 : false,
+  $transition-4 : false,
+  $transition-5 : false,
+  $transition-6 : false,
+  $transition-7 : false,
+  $transition-8 : false,
+  $transition-9 : false,
+  $transition-10: false
+) {
+  $legacy: (type-of($transition-1) == string and type-of(if($transition-2, $transition-2, 0)) == number and type-of(if($transition-3, $transition-3, '')) == string and type-of(if($transition-4, $transition-4, 0)) == number and ($transition-2 or $transition-3 or $transition-4));
+  @if $legacy {
+    @warn "Passing separate arguments for a single transition to transition is deprecated. " +
+          "Pass the values as a single space-separated list, or use the single-transition mixin.";
+    @include single-transition(
+      if($transition-1, $transition-1, $default-transition-property),
+      if($transition-2, $transition-2, $default-transition-duration),
+      if($transition-3, $transition-3, $default-transition-funciton),
+      if($transition-4, $transition-4, $default-transition-delay)
+    );
+  }
+  @else {
+    @if $transition-1 == default {
+      $transition-1 : -compass-space-list(compact($default-transition-property, $default-transition-duration, $default-transition-function, $default-transition-delay));
+    }
+    $transition : compact($transition-1, $transition-2, $transition-3, $transition-4, $transition-5, $transition-6, $transition-7, $transition-8, $transition-9, $transition-10);
+    @include experimental(transition, $transition,
+      -moz, -webkit, -o, not -ms, not -khtml, official
+    );
+  }
+}