1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/test_utilities.rb b/lib/rubygems/test_utilities.rb
index 0486db2b32..e8709b9be3 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/test_utilities.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/test_utilities.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Gem::FakeFetcher
     @paths = []
   end
 
-  def fetch_path(path)
+  def fetch_path path, mtime = nil
     path = path.to_s
     @paths << path
     raise ArgumentError, 'need full URI' unless path =~ %r'^http://'
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ class Gem::FakeFetcher
       raise Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError.new('no data', path)
     end
 
-    data.respond_to?(:call) ? data.call : data
+    if data.respond_to?(:call) then
+      data.call
+    else
+      data = Gem.gunzip data if path.to_s =~ /gz$/ unless data.empty?
+      data
+    end
   end
 
   def fetch_size(path)