diff --git a/ui/ui.resizable.js b/ui/ui.resizable.js
index 0815352ae..85c998e56 100644
--- a/ui/ui.resizable.js
+++ b/ui/ui.resizable.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ $.widget("ui.resizable", $.extend({}, $.ui.mouse, {
 		this._mouseDestroy();
 
 		var _destroy = function(exp) {
-			$(exp).removeClass("ui-resizable ui-resizable-disabled")
+			$(exp).removeClass("ui-resizable ui-resizable-disabled ui-resizable-resizing")
 				.removeData("resizable").unbind(".resizable").find('.ui-resizable-handle').remove();
 		};
 
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ $.widget("ui.resizable", $.extend({}, $.ui.mouse, {
 	    var cursor = $('.ui-resizable-' + this.axis).css('cursor');
 	    $('body').css('cursor', cursor == 'auto' ? this.axis + '-resize' : cursor);
 
+		el.addClass("ui-resizable-resizing");
 		this._propagate("start", event);
 		return true;
 	},
@@ -315,6 +316,8 @@ $.widget("ui.resizable", $.extend({}, $.ui.mouse, {
 
 		$('body').css('cursor', 'auto');
 
+		this.element.removeClass("ui-resizable-resizing");
+
 		this._propagate("stop", event);
 
 		if (this._helper) this.helper.remove();