diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f57ae68..b30916f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rake
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new('spec')
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79997af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'bundler/setup'
+require 'yawpa'
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+end
diff --git a/spec/yawpa_spec.rb b/spec/yawpa_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d6c58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/yawpa_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Yawpa do
+  pending "write it"
+end
diff --git a/yawpa.gemspec b/yawpa.gemspec
index c0cf006..5a85671 100644
--- a/yawpa.gemspec
+++ b/yawpa.gemspec
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.name          = "yawpa"
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
   gem.version       = Yawpa::VERSION
+
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
 end