diff --git a/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb b/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb
index 1e91f493a64e..81987163d83d 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/dependency.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ def type
     @type ||= :runtime
   end
 
+  def deconstruct_keys(keys)
+    { name: @name, type: type, requirement: requirement, prerelease: prerelease? }
+  end
+
   def runtime?
     @type == :runtime || !@type
   end
diff --git a/test/rubygems/test_gem_dependency.rb b/test/rubygems/test_gem_dependency.rb
index a0bfee023936..ab671822c0aa 100644
--- a/test/rubygems/test_gem_dependency.rb
+++ b/test/rubygems/test_gem_dependency.rb
@@ -410,4 +410,37 @@ def test_identity
     assert_equal dep("a", " >= 1.a").identity, :abs_latest
     assert_equal dep("a").identity, :latest
   end
+
+  def test_deconstruct_keys
+    dependency = dep("rails", "~> 7.0", :runtime)
+    keys = dependency.deconstruct_keys(nil)
+    assert_equal "rails", keys[:name]
+    assert_equal :runtime, keys[:type]
+    assert_equal Gem::Requirement.new("~> 7.0"), keys[:requirement]
+    assert_equal false, keys[:prerelease]
+  end
+
+  def test_pattern_matching_runtime
+    dependency = dep("rails", ">= 6.0", :runtime)
+    result =
+      case dependency
+      in type: :runtime, name: "rails"
+        "matched"
+      else
+        "no match"
+      end
+    assert_equal "matched", result
+  end
+
+  def test_pattern_matching_development
+    dependency = dep("rspec", "~> 3.0", :development)
+    result =
+      case dependency
+      in type: :development, name:
+        name
+      else
+        "no match"
+      end
+    assert_equal "rspec", result
+  end
 end