diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index de12343c..5185385d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ require 'rake/testtask'
 
 RuboCop::RakeTask.new
 
+Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+  t.test_files = FileList['test/**/*_test.rb']
+end
+
 require 'scraper_test'
 ScraperTest::RakeTask.new.install_tasks
 
diff --git a/test/dummy_test.rb b/test/dummy_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a940734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dummy_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative './test_helper'
+
+describe 'dummy test' do
+  it 'should run' do
+    # This test is included to ensure that
+    # test_helper is run by Travis
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ac338fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'minitest/around/spec'
+require 'minitest/autorun'
+require 'pry'
+require 'vcr'
+require 'webmock'
+
+VCR.configure do |c|
+  c.cassette_library_dir = 'test/cassettes'
+  c.hook_into :webmock
+end