diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/CakeTestCaseTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/CakeTestCaseTest.php
index e5a99f007..a05c4438d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/CakeTestCaseTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/CakeTestCaseTest.php
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
 App::uses('Controller', 'Controller');
 App::uses('CakeHtmlReporter', 'TestSuite/Reporter');
 
-if (!class_exists('AppController', false)) {
-	require_once CAKE . 'Controller' . DS . 'AppController.php';
-} elseif (!defined('APP_CONTROLLER_EXISTS')) {
-	define('APP_CONTROLLER_EXISTS', true);
-}
-
 /**
  * CakeTestCaseTest
  *
@@ -240,4 +234,26 @@ class CakeTestCaseTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey('debug', $this->_configure);
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey('Plugin', $this->_pathRestore);
 	}
+
+/**
+ * test assertTextNotEquals()
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testAssertTextNotEquals() {
+		$one = "\r\nOne\rTwooo";
+		$two = "\nOne\nTwo";
+		$this->assertTextNotEquals($one, $two);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * test assertTextEquals()
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testAssertTextEquals() {
+		$one = "\r\nOne\rTwo";
+		$two = "\nOne\nTwo";
+		$this->assertTextEquals($one, $two);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
index f6142c073..8bafade81 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
@@ -192,6 +192,34 @@ abstract class CakeTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Assert text equality, ignoring differences in newlines.
+ * Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
+ *
+ * @param string $expected The expected value.
+ * @param string $result The actual value.
+ * @param message The message to use for failure.
+ */
+	public function assertTextNotEquals($expected, $result, $message = '') {
+		$expected = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $expected);
+		$result = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $result);
+		return $this->assertNotEquals($expected, $result, $message);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Assert text equality, ignoring differences in newlines.
+ * Helpful for doing cross platform tests of blocks of text.
+ *
+ * @param string $expected The expected value.
+ * @param string $result The actual value.
+ * @param message The message to use for failure.
+ */
+	public function assertTextEquals($expected, $result, $message = '') {
+		$expected = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $expected);
+		$result = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $result);
+		return $this->assertEquals($expected, $result, $message);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Takes an array $expected and generates a regex from it to match the provided $string.
  * Samples for $expected: