diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c70188462..be369bc06 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changes between 2.3.5 and 2.4.DEV
 -----------------------------------
 
+- PR27: correctly handle nose.SkipTest during collection.  Thanks
+  Antonio Cuni, Ronny Pfannschmidt.
+
 - new monkeypatch.replace() to avoid imports and provide a shorter
   invocation for patching out classes/functions from modules:
 
diff --git a/_pytest/main.py b/_pytest/main.py
index 2d1152423..cde683b47 100644
--- a/_pytest/main.py
+++ b/_pytest/main.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from UserDict import DictMixin as MappingMixin
 
 from _pytest.mark import MarkInfo
+import _pytest.runner
 
 tracebackcutdir = py.path.local(_pytest.__file__).dirpath()
 
@@ -368,6 +369,11 @@ class Collector(Node):
     """ Collector instances create children through collect()
         and thus iteratively build a tree.
     """
+
+    # the set of exceptions to interpret as "Skip the whole module" during
+    # collection
+    skip_exceptions = (_pytest.runner.Skipped,)
+    
     class CollectError(Exception):
         """ an error during collection, contains a custom message. """
 
diff --git a/_pytest/nose.py b/_pytest/nose.py
index d61dc8a03..89df65348 100644
--- a/_pytest/nose.py
+++ b/_pytest/nose.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ def teardown_nose(item):
         #    del item.parent._nosegensetup
 
 def pytest_make_collect_report(collector):
+    if sys.modules.get("unittest"):
+        SkipTest = py.std.unittest.SkipTest
+        collector.skip_exceptions += (SkipTest,)
     if isinstance(collector, pytest.Generator):
         call_optional(collector.obj, 'setup')
 
diff --git a/_pytest/pytester.py b/_pytest/pytester.py
index 41241f570..2b96beef9 100644
--- a/_pytest/pytester.py
+++ b/_pytest/pytester.py
@@ -604,9 +604,10 @@ class ReportRecorder(object):
         passed = []
         skipped = []
         failed = []
-        for rep in self.getreports("pytest_runtest_logreport"):
+        for rep in self.getreports(
+            "pytest_collectreport pytest_runtest_logreport"):
             if rep.passed:
-                if rep.when == "call":
+                if getattr(rep, "when", None) == "call":
                     passed.append(rep)
             elif rep.skipped:
                 skipped.append(rep)
diff --git a/_pytest/runner.py b/_pytest/runner.py
index c79690d78..00a725bb9 100644
--- a/_pytest/runner.py
+++ b/_pytest/runner.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def pytest_make_collect_report(collector):
     if not call.excinfo:
         outcome = "passed"
     else:
-        if call.excinfo.errisinstance(py.test.skip.Exception):
+        if call.excinfo.errisinstance(collector.skip_exceptions):
             outcome = "skipped"
             r = collector._repr_failure_py(call.excinfo, "line").reprcrash
             longrepr = (str(r.path), r.lineno, r.message)
diff --git a/testing/test_nose.py b/testing/test_nose.py
index 3ecfa9c07..12f9dece3 100644
--- a/testing/test_nose.py
+++ b/testing/test_nose.py
@@ -327,6 +327,15 @@ def test_setup_teardown_linking_issue265(testdir):
                 """Undoes the setup."""
                 raise Exception("should not call teardown for skipped tests")
         ''')
+    reprec = testdir.inline_run()
+    reprec.assertoutcome(passed=1, skipped=1)
 
-    result = testdir.runpytest()
-    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("*1 skipped*")
+def test_SkipTest_during_collection(testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        import nose
+        raise nose.SkipTest("during collection")
+        def test_failing():
+            assert False
+        """)
+    reprec = testdir.inline_run()
+    reprec.assertoutcome(skipped=1)