diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ed8651dae..e7ea7f142b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ Sat Feb 14 19:20:15 2009  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 	* lib/pathname.rb: obsolete methods removed.
 	  [ruby-core:21564]
 
+Sat Feb 14 15:46:01 2009  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/pathname.rb (Pathname#binread): added.  [ruby-dev:37952]
+
 Sat Feb 14 13:14:18 2009  TAKANO Mitsuhiro (takano32)  <tak@no32.tk>
 
 	* iseq.c: remove nil parameter from Proc#parameters
diff --git a/lib/pathname.rb b/lib/pathname.rb
index 386dfe5f1b..ce9179a16a 100644
--- a/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -804,10 +804,20 @@ class Pathname    # * IO *
     IO.foreach(@path, *args, &block)
   end
 
-  # See <tt>IO.read</tt>.  Returns all the bytes from the file, or the first +N+
+  # Pathname#foreachline is *obsoleted* at 1.8.1.  Use #each_line.
+  def foreachline(*args, &block)
+    warn "Pathname#foreachline is obsoleted.  Use Pathname#each_line."
+    each_line(*args, &block)
+  end
+
+  # See <tt>IO.read</tt>.  Returns all data from the file, or the first +N+ bytes
   # if specified.
   def read(*args) IO.read(@path, *args) end
 
+  # See <tt>IO.binread</tt>.  Returns all the bytes from the file, or the first +N+
+  # if specified.
+  def binread(*args) IO.binread(@path, *args) end
+
   # See <tt>IO.readlines</tt>.  Returns all the lines from the file.
   def readlines(*args) IO.readlines(@path, *args) end