diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium.rb b/lib/webrat/selenium.rb
index b7574fe..2564645 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/selenium.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 require "webrat"
 gem "selenium-client", ">=1.2.14"
 require "selenium/client"
+
+# active_support already defines silence_stream, no need to do that again if it's already present.
+# http://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb
+unless Kernel.respond_to?(:silence_stream)
+  require "webrat/selenium/silence_stream"
+end
+
 require "webrat/selenium/selenium_session"
 require "webrat/selenium/matchers"
 require "webrat/core_extensions/tcp_socket"
diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium/application_server.rb b/lib/webrat/selenium/application_server.rb
index f4edc98..4f47332 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/selenium/application_server.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium/application_server.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module Webrat
   module Selenium
 
     class ApplicationServer
+      
+      include Webrat::Selenium::SilenceStream
 
       def self.boot
         case Webrat.configuration.application_framework
diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_rc_server.rb b/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_rc_server.rb
index 0d0b651..735adf6 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_rc_server.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_rc_server.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module Webrat
   module Selenium
 
     class SeleniumRCServer
+      
+      include Webrat::Selenium::SilenceStream
 
       def self.boot
         new.boot
diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_session.rb b/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_session.rb
index bd860a5..0130b5e 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_session.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_session.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ module Webrat
 
   class SeleniumSession
     include Webrat::SaveAndOpenPage
+    include Webrat::Selenium::SilenceStream
 
     def initialize(*args) # :nodoc:
     end
@@ -186,15 +187,6 @@ module Webrat
 
   protected
 
-    def silence_stream(stream)
-      old_stream = stream.dup
-      stream.reopen(RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin/ ? 'NUL:' : '/dev/null')
-      stream.sync = true
-      yield
-    ensure
-      stream.reopen(old_stream)
-    end
-
     def setup #:nodoc:
       Webrat::Selenium::SeleniumRCServer.boot
       Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServer.boot
diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium/silence_stream.rb b/lib/webrat/selenium/silence_stream.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a458306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium/silence_stream.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module Webrat
+  module Selenium
+    module SilenceStream
+      def silence_stream(stream)
+        old_stream = stream.dup
+        stream.reopen(RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin/ ? 'NUL:' : '/dev/null')
+        stream.sync = true
+        yield
+      ensure
+        stream.reopen(old_stream)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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