diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 735da3750b7f4b..867455b96fa9c0 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -652,8 +652,16 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwds):
 
     def debug(self):
         """Run the test without collecting errors in a TestResult"""
+        testMethod = getattr(self, self._testMethodName)
+        if (getattr(self.__class__, "__unittest_skip__", False) or
+            getattr(testMethod, "__unittest_skip__", False)):
+            # If the class or method was skipped.
+            skip_why = (getattr(self.__class__, '__unittest_skip_why__', '')
+                        or getattr(testMethod, '__unittest_skip_why__', ''))
+            raise SkipTest(skip_why)
+
         self.setUp()
-        getattr(self, self._testMethodName)()
+        testMethod()
         self.tearDown()
         while self._cleanups:
             function, args, kwargs = self._cleanups.pop(-1)
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/test/test_skipping.py b/Lib/unittest/test/test_skipping.py
index c14410afbefdc4..7cb9d33f5e5f38 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/test/test_skipping.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/test/test_skipping.py
@@ -460,5 +460,71 @@ def test_1(self):
         self.assertIs(suite.run(result), result)
         self.assertEqual(result.skipped, [(test, "")])
 
+    def test_debug_skipping(self):
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def setUp(self):
+                events.append("setUp")
+            def tearDown(self):
+                events.append("tearDown")
+            def test1(self):
+                self.skipTest('skipping exception')
+                events.append("test1")
+            @unittest.skip("skipping decorator")
+            def test2(self):
+                events.append("test2")
+
+        events = []
+        test = Foo("test1")
+        with self.assertRaises(unittest.SkipTest) as cm:
+            test.debug()
+        self.assertIn("skipping exception", str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertEqual(events, ["setUp"])
+
+        events = []
+        test = Foo("test2")
+        with self.assertRaises(unittest.SkipTest) as cm:
+            test.debug()
+        self.assertIn("skipping decorator", str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertEqual(events, [])
+
+    def test_debug_skipping_class(self):
+        @unittest.skip("testing")
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def setUp(self):
+                events.append("setUp")
+            def tearDown(self):
+                events.append("tearDown")
+            def test(self):
+                events.append("test")
+
+        events = []
+        test = Foo("test")
+        with self.assertRaises(unittest.SkipTest) as cm:
+            test.debug()
+        self.assertIn("testing", str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertEqual(events, [])
+
+    def test_debug_skipping_subtests(self):
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def setUp(self):
+                events.append("setUp")
+            def tearDown(self):
+                events.append("tearDown")
+            def test(self):
+                with self.subTest(a=1):
+                    events.append('subtest')
+                    self.skipTest("skip subtest")
+                    events.append('end subtest')
+                events.append('end test')
+
+        events = []
+        result = LoggingResult(events)
+        test = Foo("test")
+        with self.assertRaises(unittest.SkipTest) as cm:
+            test.debug()
+        self.assertIn("skip subtest", str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertEqual(events, ['setUp', 'subtest'])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-09-18-13-14-57.bpo-36674.a2k5Zb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-09-18-13-14-57.bpo-36674.a2k5Zb.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bc8c9247b080d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-09-18-13-14-57.bpo-36674.a2k5Zb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:meth:`unittest.TestCase.debug` raises now a :class:`unittest.SkipTest` if
+the class or the test method are decorated with the skipping decorator.