diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index cc76efa..9d533d6 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -28,4 +28,16 @@ task :console do
   require 'console'
   ARGV.clear
   IRB.start
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+desc "Open an irb session with Ransack, Mongoid and the sample data used in specs"
+task :mongoid_console do
+  require 'irb'
+  require 'irb/completion'
+  require 'pry'
+  require 'mongoid'
+  require File.expand_path('../lib/ransack.rb', __FILE__)
+  require File.expand_path('../spec/mongoid/support/schema.rb', __FILE__)
+  ARGV.clear
+  Pry.start
+end