diff --git a/lib/hydra/spec/hydra_formatter.rb b/lib/hydra/spec/hydra_formatter.rb
index c31c8a5..0bf27cc 100644
--- a/lib/hydra/spec/hydra_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/hydra/spec/hydra_formatter.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ module Spec
         # Stifle the post-test summary
         def dump_summary(duration, example, failure, pending)
         end
+
+        # Stifle the output of pending examples
+        def example_pending(*args)
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/write_file_with_pending_spec.rb b/test/fixtures/write_file_with_pending_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3399ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/write_file_with_pending_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'tmpdir'
+require 'spec'
+context "file writing" do
+  it "writes to a file" do
+    File.open(File.join(Dir.tmpdir, 'hydra_test.txt'), 'a') do |f|
+      f.write "HYDRA"
+    end
+  end
+  it 'could do so much more'  # pending spec
+end
+
diff --git a/test/master_test.rb b/test/master_test.rb
index 8f7acf7..18b1611 100644
--- a/test/master_test.rb
+++ b/test/master_test.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ class MasterTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert_equal "HYDRA", File.read(target_file)
     end
 
+    should "run a spec with pending examples" do
+      progress_bar = Hydra::Listener::ProgressBar.new(StringIO.new)
+      Hydra::Master.new(
+        :files => [rspec_file_with_pending],
+        :listeners => [progress_bar]
+      )
+      assert File.exists?(target_file)
+      assert_equal "HYDRA", File.read(target_file)
+      assert_equal false, progress_bar.instance_variable_get('@errors')
+    end
+
     should "generate a report" do
       Hydra::Master.new(:files => [test_file])
       assert File.exists?(target_file)
diff --git a/test/runner_test.rb b/test/runner_test.rb
index c293a87..91d90f4 100644
--- a/test/runner_test.rb
+++ b/test/runner_test.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ class RunnerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert !File.exists?(target_file)
     end
 
+    should "run rspec tests with pending examples" do
+      runner = Hydra::Runner.new(:io => File.new('/dev/null', 'w'))
+      assert File.exists?(rspec_file_with_pending)
+
+      runner.run_file(rspec_file_with_pending)
+
+      assert File.exists?(target_file)
+      assert_equal "HYDRA", File.read(target_file)
+
+      FileUtils.rm_f(target_file)
+    end
+
     should "run two cucumber tests" do
       # because of all the crap cucumber pulls in
       # we run this in a fork to not contaminate
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index b989da1..017c148 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
     File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', 'write_file_alternate_spec.rb'))
   end
 
+  def rspec_file_with_pending
+    File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', 'write_file_with_pending_spec.rb'))
+  end
+
   def cucumber_feature_file
     File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', 'features', 'write_file.feature'))
   end