diff --git a/src/mog_commons/__init__.py b/src/mog_commons/__init__.py
index c3bb296..1c98a23 100644
--- a/src/mog_commons/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mog_commons/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.8'
+__version__ = '0.1.9'
diff --git a/src/mog_commons/unittest.py b/src/mog_commons/unittest.py
index 3cd0ac8..019228e 100644
--- a/src/mog_commons/unittest.py
+++ b/src/mog_commons/unittest.py
@@ -59,6 +59,26 @@ def assertRaisesRegexp(self, expected_exception, expected_regexp, callable_obj=N
         else:
             self.assertRegex(to_str(cm.exception, encoding), expected_regexp)
 
+    def assertRaisesMessage(self, expected_exception, expected_message, callable_obj=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Assert the expected exception is raised and its message is equal to expected.
+
+        :param expected_exception: class:
+        :param expected_message: string:
+        :param callable_obj: function:
+        :param args: args
+        :param kwargs: kwargs
+        """
+        encoding = 'utf-8'
+        with self.assertRaises(expected_exception) as cm:
+            callable_obj(*args, **kwargs)
+        try:
+            msg = to_str(cm.exception, encoding)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            # avoid to use cm.exception.message
+            msg = cm.exception.args[0]
+        self.assertEqual(msg, expected_message)
+
     @contextmanager
     def withOutput(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/mog_commons/test_unittest.py b/tests/mog_commons/test_unittest.py
index d1ba439..9f6d180 100644
--- a/tests/mog_commons/test_unittest.py
+++ b/tests/mog_commons/test_unittest.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
+import six
 from mog_commons import unittest
 
 
@@ -46,6 +47,25 @@ def g(text):
         g('かきくけこ\n')
         self.assertRaisesRegexp(AssertionError, 'かきくけこ', g, 'あいうえお\n')
 
+    def test_assert_raises_message(self):
+        class MyException(Exception):
+            pass
+
+        def f(msg):
+            raise MyException(msg)
+
+        self.assertRaisesMessage(MyException, 'あいうえお', f, 'あいうえお')
+        self.assertRaisesMessage(AssertionError, 'MyException not raised',
+                                 self.assertRaisesMessage, MyException, 'あいうえお', lambda: None)
+
+        if six.PY2:
+            expected = ("u'\\u3042\\u3044\\u3046\\u3048' != u'\\u3042\\u3044\\u3046\\u3048\\u304a'\n" +
+                        "- \u3042\u3044\u3046\u3048\n+ \u3042\u3044\u3046\u3048\u304a\n?     +\n")
+        else:
+            expected = "'あいうえ' != 'あいうえお'\n- あいうえ\n+ あいうえお\n?     +\n"
+        self.assertRaisesMessage(AssertionError, expected,
+                                 self.assertRaisesMessage, MyException, 'あいうえお', f, 'あいうえ')
+
     def test_assert_system_exit_fail(self):
         self.assertRaisesRegexp(AssertionError, 'SystemExit not raised', self.assertSystemExit, 0, lambda: 0)
         self.assertRaisesRegexp(AssertionError, '1 != 0', self.assertSystemExit, 0, lambda: sys.exit(1))