David Cameron and Ed Miliband will skip their weekly Prime Minister's Questions clash to travel to Scotland.
Both leaders, and Lib Dem Nick Clegg will head north to to tell the Scottish people: "We want you to stay."
In a joint statement the three said: "There is a lot that divides us - but there's one thing on which we agree passionately: the United Kingdom is better together."
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the move was "hugely significant".
Although the three leaders will all be in Scotland on Wednesday they will not travel together or appear together.
'Nothing more important'
But in their statement they emphasised that keeping the UK together was now their priority.
"That's why all of us are agreed the right place for us to be tomorrow is in Scotland, not at Prime Minister's Questions in Westminster," they said.
"We want to be listening and talking to voters about the huge choices they face. Our message to the Scottish people will be simple: 'We want you to stay.'"
Prime Minister's Questions is not being cancelled. William Hague will stand in for Mr Cameron, while Harriet Harman will deputise for Mr Miliband,
Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband agreed on the move when they met in the Commons on Monday immediately after the Prime Minister's statement on the NATO Summit.
A new poll suggests there is very little between the two sides in the Scottish independence referendum campaign.
Nick Robinson said the decision by the leaders to not to take part in one of their constitutional duties but to head to Scotland instead showed "how seriously these Westminster politicians take the opinion polls".
"Nothing is more important to these Westminster politicians than to stop that 'Yes' vote - all the normal political hostilities are on hold," he added.
Saltire over No. 10
Mr Cameron said the three leaders hoped to make clear to the people of Scotland they could have "the best of both worlds" if they rejected independence - of being given more powers to govern themselves while also being inside the UK.
The Saltire is expected to fly over Downing Street in a sign of commitment to the union - a move which follows an appeal by Mr Miliband for cities, towns and villages across the UK to display the flag.
"I'll do everything that I can," said Mr Cameron, explaining his decision to cancel his appearance in the Commons.
"There's a lot that the political leaders disagree about but there's one thing that we all agree about passionately and that is that our United Kingdom is better off if we stay together.
"So tomorrow the right place to be isn't Westminster at Prime Minister's Questions - it is being in Scotland, listening to people, talking to people.
"We will all have our own ways, separately, of talking about why we are better together.
"But one thing I'm sure we will all say is that it's a matter for people in Scotland to decide, but we want you to stay."
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