diff --git a/src/effects.js b/src/effects.js
index ad2ed3c9..d6eff7b3 100644
--- a/src/effects.js
+++ b/src/effects.js
@@ -118,13 +118,17 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 		var optall = jQuery.speed(speed, easing, callback);
 
 		if ( jQuery.isEmptyObject( prop ) ) {
-			return this.each( optall.complete );
+			return this.each( optall.complete, [ false ] );
 		}
 
 		return this[ optall.queue === false ? "each" : "queue" ](function() {
 			// XXX 'this' does not always have a nodeName when running the
 			// test suite
 
+			if ( optall.queue === false ) {
+				jQuery._mark( this );
+			}
+
 			var opt = jQuery.extend({}, optall), p,
 				isElement = this.nodeType === 1,
 				hidden = isElement && jQuery(this).is(":hidden"),
@@ -234,6 +238,10 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 		}
 
 		this.each(function() {
+			// clear marker counters if we know they won't be
+			if ( !gotoEnd ) {
+				jQuery._unmark( true, this );
+			}
 			// go in reverse order so anything added to the queue during the loop is ignored
 			for ( var i = timers.length - 1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
 				if ( timers[i].elem === this ) {
@@ -295,10 +303,13 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
 		// Queueing
 		opt.old = opt.complete;
-		opt.complete = function() {
+		opt.complete = function( noUnmark ) {
 			if ( opt.queue !== false ) {
-				jQuery(this).dequeue();
+				jQuery.dequeue( this );
+			} else if ( noUnmark !== false ) {
+				jQuery._unmark( this );
 			}
+
 			if ( jQuery.isFunction( opt.old ) ) {
 				opt.old.call( this );
 			}
diff --git a/src/queue.js b/src/queue.js
index 701d06ad..ab06ae92 100644
--- a/src/queue.js
+++ b/src/queue.js
@@ -1,32 +1,74 @@
 (function( jQuery ) {
 
+function handleQueueMarkDefer( elem, type, src ) {
+	var deferDataKey = type + "defer",
+		queueDataKey = type + "queue",
+		markDataKey = type + "mark",
+		defer = jQuery.data( elem, deferDataKey, undefined, true );
+	if ( defer &&
+		( src === "queue" || !jQuery.data( elem, queueDataKey, undefined, true ) ) &&
+		( src === "mark " || !jQuery.data( elem, markDataKey, undefined, true ) ) ) {
+		// Give room for hard-coded callbacks to fire first
+		// and eventually mark/queue something else on the element
+		setTimeout( function() {
+			if ( !jQuery.data( elem, queueDataKey, undefined, true ) &&
+				!jQuery.data( elem, markDataKey, undefined, true ) ) {
+				jQuery.removeData( elem, deferDataKey, true );
+				defer.resolve();
+			}
+		}, 0 );
+	}
+}
+
 jQuery.extend({
+
+	_mark: function( elem, type ) {
+		if ( elem ) {
+			type = (type || "fx") + "mark";
+			jQuery.data( elem, type, (jQuery.data(elem,type,undefined,true) || 0) + 1, true );
+		}
+	},
+
+	_unmark: function( force, elem, type ) {
+		if ( force !== true ) {
+			type = elem;
+			elem = force;
+			force = false;
+		}
+
+		if ( elem ) {
+			type = type || "fx";
+
+			var key = type + "mark",
+				count = force ? 0 : ( (jQuery.data( elem, key, undefined, true) || 1 ) - 1 );
+
+			if ( count ) {
+				jQuery.data( elem, key, count, true );
+			} else {
+				jQuery.removeData( elem, key, true );
+				handleQueueMarkDefer( elem, type, "mark" );
+			}
+		}
+	},
+
 	queue: function( elem, type, data ) {
-		if ( !elem ) {
-			return;
+		if ( elem ) {
+			type = (type || "fx") + "queue";
+			var q = jQuery.data( elem, type, undefined, true ) || [];
+
+			// Speed up dequeue by getting out quickly if this is just a lookup
+			if ( data ) {
+				if ( !q.length || jQuery.isArray(data) ) {
+					q = jQuery.data( elem, type, jQuery.makeArray(data), true );
+				} else {
+					q.push( data );
+				}
+			}
+			return q;
 		}
-
-		type = (type || "fx") + "queue";
-		var q = jQuery._data( elem, type );
-
-		// Speed up dequeue by getting out quickly if this is just a lookup
-		if ( !data ) {
-			return q || [];
-		}
-
-		if ( !q || jQuery.isArray(data) ) {
-			q = jQuery._data( elem, type, jQuery.makeArray(data) );
-
-		} else {
-			q.push( data );
-		}
-
-		return q;
 	},
 
 	dequeue: function( elem, type ) {
-		type = type || "fx";
-
 		var queue = jQuery.queue( elem, type ),
 			fn = queue.shift(),
 			defer;
@@ -50,17 +92,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
 		if ( !queue.length ) {
 			jQuery.removeData( elem, type + "queue", true );
-			// Look if we have observers and resolve if needed
-			if (( defer = jQuery.data( elem, type + "defer", undefined, true ) )) {
-				// Give room for hard-coded callbacks to fire first
-				// and eventually add another animation on the element
-				setTimeout( function() {
-					if ( !jQuery.data( elem, type + "queue", undefined, true ) ) {
-						jQuery.removeData( elem, type + "defer", true );
-						defer.resolve();
-					}
-				}, 0 );
-			}
+			handleQueueMarkDefer( elem, type, "queue" );
 		}
 	}
 });
@@ -120,7 +152,8 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 			i = elements.length,
 			count = 1,
 			deferDataKey = type + "defer",
-			queueDataKey = type + "queue";
+			queueDataKey = type + "queue",
+			markDataKey = type + "mark";
 		function resolve() {
 			if ( !( --count ) ) {
 				defer.resolveWith( elements, [ elements ] );
@@ -128,7 +161,8 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 		}
 		while( i-- ) {
 			if (( tmp = jQuery.data( elements[ i ], deferDataKey, undefined, true ) ||
-					jQuery.data( elements[ i ], queueDataKey, undefined, true ) &&
+					( jQuery.data( elements[ i ], queueDataKey, undefined, true ) ||
+						jQuery.data( elements[ i ], markDataKey, undefined, true ) ) &&
 					jQuery.data( elements[ i ], deferDataKey, jQuery._Deferred(), true ) )) {
 				count++;
 				tmp.done( resolve );
diff --git a/test/unit/queue.js b/test/unit/queue.js
index 31e587db..05461cd2 100644
--- a/test/unit/queue.js
+++ b/test/unit/queue.js
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 module("queue", { teardown: moduleTeardown });
 
 test("queue() with other types",function() {
-	expect(9);
+	expect(11);
 	var counter = 0;
 
-	var $div = jQuery({});
+	stop();
+
+	var $div = jQuery({}),
+		defer;
+
+	$div.promise('foo').done(function() {
+		equals( counter, 0, "Deferred for collection with no queue is automatically resolved" );
+	});
 
 	$div
 		.queue('foo',function(){
@@ -22,6 +29,11 @@ test("queue() with other types",function() {
 			equals( ++counter, 4, "Dequeuing" );
 		});
 
+	defer = $div.promise('foo').done(function() {
+		equals(  counter, 4, "Testing previous call to dequeue in deferred"  );
+		start();
+	});
+
 	equals( $div.queue('foo').length, 4, "Testing queue length" );
 
 	$div.dequeue('foo');
@@ -74,7 +86,7 @@ test("queue(name) passes in the next item in the queue as a parameter", function
 });
 
 test("queue() passes in the next item in the queue as a parameter to fx queues", function() {
-	expect(2);
+	expect(3);
 	stop();
 
 	var div = jQuery({});
@@ -87,11 +99,15 @@ test("queue() passes in the next item in the queue as a parameter to fx queues",
 	}).queue(function(next) {
 		equals(++counter, 2, "Next was called");
 		next();
-		start();
 	}).queue("bar", function() {
 		equals(++counter, 3, "Other queues are not triggered by next()")
 	});
 
+	jQuery.when( div.promise("fx"), div ).done(function() {
+		equals(counter, 2, "Deferreds resolved");
+		start();
+	});
+
 });
 
 test("delay()", function() {
@@ -110,7 +126,9 @@ test("delay()", function() {
 });
 
 test("clearQueue(name) clears the queue", function() {
-	expect(1);
+	expect(2);
+
+	stop()
 
 	var div = jQuery({});
 	var counter = 0;
@@ -123,6 +141,11 @@ test("clearQueue(name) clears the queue", function() {
 		counter++;
 	});
 
+	div.promise("foo").done(function() {
+		ok( true, "dequeue resolves the deferred" );
+		start();
+	});
+
 	div.dequeue("foo");
 
 	equals(counter, 1, "the queue was cleared");
@@ -146,3 +169,81 @@ test("clearQueue() clears the fx queue", function() {
 
 	div.removeData();
 });
+
+test("_mark() and _unmark()", function() {
+	expect(1);
+
+	var div = {},
+		$div = jQuery( div );
+
+	stop();
+
+	jQuery._mark( div, "foo" );
+	jQuery._mark( div, "foo" );
+	jQuery._unmark( div, "foo" );
+	jQuery._unmark( div, "foo" );
+
+	$div.promise( "foo" ).done(function() {
+		ok( true, "No more marks" );
+		start();
+	});
+});
+
+test("_mark() and _unmark() default to 'fx'", function() {
+	expect(1);
+
+	var div = {},
+		$div = jQuery( div );
+
+	stop();
+
+	jQuery._mark( div );
+	jQuery._mark( div );
+	jQuery._unmark( div, "fx" );
+	jQuery._unmark( div );
+
+	$div.promise().done(function() {
+		ok( true, "No more marks" );
+		start();
+	});
+});
+
+test("promise()", function() {
+	expect(1);
+
+	stop();
+
+	var objects = [];
+
+	jQuery.each( [{}, {}], function( i, div ) {
+		var $div = jQuery( div );
+		$div.queue(function( next ) {
+			setTimeout( function() {
+				if ( i ) {
+					next();
+					setTimeout( function() {
+						jQuery._unmark( div );
+					}, 20 );
+				} else {
+					jQuery._unmark( div );
+					setTimeout( function() {
+						next();
+					}, 20 );
+				}
+			}, 50 );
+		}).queue(function( next ) {
+			next();
+		});
+		jQuery._mark( div );
+		objects.push( $div );
+	});
+
+	jQuery.when.apply( jQuery, objects ).done(function() {
+		ok( true, "Deferred resolved" );
+		start();
+	});
+
+	jQuery.each( objects, function() {
+		this.dequeue();
+	});
+});