diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index be0f205..2639463 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 require 'rubygems/tasks'
 
+task :default => [:test]
+
 Gem::Tasks.new(:build => {:tar => true, :zip => true}, :sign => {:checksum => true, :pgp => false})
+
+task :test do
+  # nothing
+end
diff --git a/occi.gemspec b/occi.gemspec
index 4afa5e3..0144102 100644
--- a/occi.gemspec
+++ b/occi.gemspec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency 'occi-cli'
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rubygems-tasks'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'rake'
 
   gem.required_ruby_version     = ">= 1.8.7"
 end