diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index fc008bc..ee2bff9 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -20,3 +20,51 @@ Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new('rcov') do |t|
 end
 
 task :default => :spec
+
+######################################################
+
+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/testtask'
+require 'rake/clean'
+require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+require 'fileutils'
+
+version = "0.1"
+name = "rest-client"
+
+spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+	s.name = name
+	s.version = version
+	s.summary = "Simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by microframework syntax for specifying actions."
+	s.description = "A simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by the microframework (Camping, Sinatra...) style of specifying actions: get, put, post, delete."
+	s.author = "Adam Wiggins"
+	s.email = "adam@heroku.com"
+
+	s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+	
+	s.files = %w(Rakefile) + Dir.glob("{lib,spec}/**/*")
+	
+	s.require_path = "lib"
+end
+
+Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
+	p.need_tar = true if RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /mswin/
+end
+
+task :install => [ :package ] do
+	sh %{sudo gem install pkg/#{name}-#{version}.gem}
+end
+
+task :uninstall => [ :clean ] do
+	sh %{sudo gem uninstall #{name}}
+end
+
+Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+	t.libs << "spec"
+	t.test_files = FileList['spec/*_spec.rb']
+	t.verbose = true
+end
+
+CLEAN.include [ 'pkg', '*.gem', '.config' ]
+