diff --git a/therubyracer.gemspec b/therubyracer.gemspec
index 1080633..117bbb1 100644
--- a/therubyracer.gemspec
+++ b/therubyracer.gemspec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.extensions = ["ext/v8/extconf.rb"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib", "ext"]
 
+  s.add_development_dependency "rake"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec", ">= 2.0.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake-compiler"
 end