diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 02206f2c..9c75db3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fix gemspec to include a dependency on rake 0.7 [Jamis Buck]
+
 * Added respect for ENV["HOSTS"] that'll be used instead of the roles specified in the task definition [DHH]. Example:
 
     HOSTS=192.168.0.1 cap setup # one-off setup for that server, doesn't need to be prespecified in the recipes file
diff --git a/capistrano.gemspec b/capistrano.gemspec
index 2e171a50..b6825cf9 100644
--- a/capistrano.gemspec
+++ b/capistrano.gemspec
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.bindir = "bin"
   s.executables << "cap"
 
+  s.add_dependency 'rake', ">= 0.7.0"
+
   s.add_dependency 'net-ssh', ">= #{Capistrano::Version::SSH_REQUIRED.join(".")}"
   s.add_dependency 'net-sftp', ">= #{Capistrano::Version::SFTP_REQUIRED.join(".")}"