diff --git a/cake/console/libs/tasks/test.php b/cake/console/libs/tasks/test.php
index 879e80349..c45f75fde 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/tasks/test.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/tasks/test.php
@@ -200,6 +200,26 @@ class TestTask extends Shell {
 		return $extras;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get methods declared in the class given.
+ * No parent methods will be returned
+ *
+ * @param string $className Name of class to look at.
+ * @return array Array of method names.
+ **/
+	function getTestableMethods($className) {
+		$classMethods = get_class_methods($className);
+		$parentMethods = get_class_methods(get_parent_class($className));
+		$thisMethods = array_diff($classMethods, $parentMethods);
+		$out = array();
+		foreach ($thisMethods as $method) {
+			if (substr($method, 0, 1) != '_') {
+				$out[] = $method;
+			}
+		}
+		return $out;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Create a test for a Model object.
  *
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/test.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/test.test.php
index c8835cfcb..b131a604b 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/test.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/test.test.php
@@ -42,13 +42,25 @@ if (!class_exists('TestTask')) {
 }
 
 Mock::generatePartial(
-				'ShellDispatcher', 'TestTestTaskMockShellDispatcher',
-				array('getInput', 'stdout', 'stderr', '_stop', '_initEnvironment')
-				);
+	'ShellDispatcher', 'TestTestTaskMockShellDispatcher',
+	array('getInput', 'stdout', 'stderr', '_stop', '_initEnvironment')
+);
 Mock::generatePartial(
-				'TestTask', 'MockTestTask',
-				array('in', 'out', 'createFile')
-				);
+	'TestTask', 'MockTestTask',
+	array('in', 'out', 'createFile')
+);
+
+class TestTaskSubjectClass extends Object {
+	function methodOne() {
+
+	}
+	function methodTwo() {
+
+	}
+	function _noTest() {
+
+	}
+}
 /**
  * TestTaskTest class
  *
@@ -96,5 +108,18 @@ class TestTaskTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Task->expectAt(1, 'createFile', array($file, '*'));
 		$this->Task->bake('Model', 'MyClass');
 	}
+
+/**
+ * Test that method introspection pulls all relevant non parent class 
+ * methods into the test case.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ **/
+	function testMethodIntrospection() {
+		$result = $this->Task->getTestableMethods('TestTaskSubjectClass');
+		$expected = array('methodOne', 'methodTwo');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+		
+	}
 }
 ?>
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