diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f449dae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--format doc
+--color
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 809eb561..9cdfeae9 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "rspec/core/rake_task"
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+
+task :default => :spec