diff --git a/spec/functional/conversation_spec.rb b/spec/functional/conversation_spec.rb
index 8fa5d4a..372c9c3 100644
--- a/spec/functional/conversation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functional/conversation_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "spec_helper")
 describe Conversation, 'description' do
   it '.aasm_states should contain all of the states' do
     Conversation.aasm_states.should == [:needs_attention, :read, :closed, :awaiting_response, :junk]
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index f1e4f52..d8a95fa 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+require 'spec'
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'aasm')