diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1bcca91..54b41ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,20 @@ debian/qasim/
 *_qrc.rb
 .bundle
 vendor/bundle
+*.gem
+*.rbc
+.bundle
+.config
+.yardoc
+Gemfile.lock
+InstalledFiles
+_yardoc
+coverage
+doc/
+lib/bundler/man
+pkg
+rdoc
+spec/reports
+test/tmp
+test/version_tmp
+tmp
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ff57b62..11ee8a0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-source "https://rubygems.org"
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in qasim.gemspec
+gemspec
 
-gem "rdebug"
-gem "qtbindings"
-gem "thor"
+#gem "rdebug"
+#gem "qtbindings"
+#gem "thor"
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2995527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
diff --git a/lib/qasim.rb b/lib/qasim.rb
index 877a907..1c141d4 100644
--- a/lib/qasim.rb
+++ b/lib/qasim.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 
+require 'qasim/version'
 require 'qasim/constants'
 
 module Qasim
diff --git a/lib/qasim/constants.rb b/lib/qasim/constants.rb
index 22ab788..9d84e64 100644
--- a/lib/qasim/constants.rb
+++ b/lib/qasim/constants.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 module Qasim
 	APP_ICON_PATH = File.join QASIM_DATA_DIR, "icons"
-	APP_NAME = "Qasim"
-	APP_VERSION = "0.1"
-	APP_DATE = "2012-08-02"
 
 	APP_SYSCONFIG_DIR = "/etc/qasim/maps.d"
 
diff --git a/lib/qasim/version.rb b/lib/qasim/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..169b85c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/qasim/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Qasim
+	APP_NAME = "Qasim"
+	APP_VERSION = "0.1"
+	APP_DATE = "2012-08-02"
+end
diff --git a/qasim.gemspec b/qasim.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a9e4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qasim.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'qasim/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "qasim"
+  spec.version       = Qasim::APP_VERSION
+  spec.authors       = ["Glenn Y. Rolland"]
+  spec.email         = ["glenux@glenux.net"]
+  spec.summary       = %q{Easy mount solution for SSH filesystems.}
+  spec.description   = %q{Qasim is a front-end for sshfs, the filesystem
+	client based on fuse and ssh. It provides automating and global settings
+    control for sshfs mounts.}
+  spec.homepage      = ""
+  spec.license       = "GPL-3"
+
+  spec.files         = `git ls-files`.split($/)
+  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+  spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.5"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
+end