diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bcee060..552b0c9 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 require 'rcov/rcovtask'
 require 'date'
 
@@ -36,44 +35,43 @@ task :sync_docs => 'rdoc' do
   `rsync -ave ssh rdoc/ dev@dev.thoughtbot.com:/home/dev/www/dev.thoughtbot.com/factory_girl`
 end
 
-spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name        = %q{factory_girl}
-  s.version     = "1.2.3"
-  s.summary     = %q{factory_girl provides a framework and DSL for defining and
-                     using model instance factories.}
-  s.description = %q{factory_girl provides a framework and DSL for defining and
-                     using factories - less error-prone, more explicit, and
-                     all-around easier to work with than fixtures.}
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |s|
+    s.name        = %q{factory_girl}
+    s.summary     = %q{factory_girl provides a framework and DSL for defining and
+                       using model instance factories.}
+    s.description = %q{factory_girl provides a framework and DSL for defining and
+                       using factories - less error-prone, more explicit, and
+                       all-around easier to work with than fixtures.}
 
-  s.files        = FileList['[A-Z]*', 'lib/**/*.rb', 'spec/**/*.rb']
-  s.require_path = 'lib'
-  s.test_files   = Dir[*['spec/**/*_spec.rb']]
+    s.files        = FileList['[A-Z]*', 'lib/**/*.rb', 'spec/**/*.rb']
+    s.require_path = 'lib'
+    s.test_files   = Dir[*['spec/**/*_spec.rb']]
 
-  s.has_rdoc         = true
-  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.rdoc"]
-  s.rdoc_options = ['--line-numbers', "--main", "README.rdoc"]
+    s.has_rdoc         = true
+    s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.rdoc"]
+    s.rdoc_options = ['--line-numbers', "--main", "README.rdoc"]
 
-  s.authors = ["Joe Ferris"]
-  s.email   = %q{jferris@thoughtbot.com}
-  s.homepage = "http://thoughtbot.com/projects/factory_girl"
+    s.authors = ["Joe Ferris"]
+    s.email   = %q{jferris@thoughtbot.com}
+    s.homepage = "http://thoughtbot.com/projects/factory_girl"
 
-  s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
-end
+    s.add_development_dependency('rcov')
+    s.add_development_dependency('rspec')
+    s.add_development_dependency('cucumber')
+    s.add_development_dependency('activerecord')
+    s.add_development_dependency('rr')
+    s.add_development_dependency('sqlite3')
 
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new spec do |pkg|
-  pkg.need_tar = true
-  pkg.need_zip = true
+    s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler not available. Install it with: gem install jeweler"
 end
 
 desc "Clean files generated by rake tasks"
-task :clobber => [:clobber_rdoc, :clobber_package]
-
-desc "Generate a gemspec file"
-task :gemspec do
-  File.open("#{spec.name}.gemspec", 'w') do |f|
-    f.write spec.to_ruby
-  end
-end
+task :clobber => [:clobber_rdoc, :clobber_rcov]
 
 Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features) do |t|
   t.fork = true
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0495c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.2.3