diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2995527..b7e9ed5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "rspec/core/rake_task"
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+
+task :default => :spec
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62612b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "rscons"