diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e55ff2e..60b484a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -87,3 +87,15 @@ namespace :gem do
 		rm_rf Dir.glob('pkg/*.gem')
 	end
 end
+
+require 'rake'
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require 'rake/testtask'
+
+Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+        #t.warning = true
+        #t.verbose = true
+        t.libs << "spec"
+        t.test_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+end
+
diff --git a/spec/cli_spec.rb b/spec/cli_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c633f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/cli_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+require 'qasim/cli'
+
+describe Qasim::CLI do
+        let(:cli) { Qasim::CLI.new }
+
+        describe '.new' do
+                it "can be created without arguments" do
+                        assert_instance_of Qasim::CLI, cli
+                end
+        end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8df416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#require 'mark'
+#
+require 'minitest/unit'
+require 'minitest/autorun'
+require 'minitest/spec'
+require 'minitest/pride'
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift('../lib')
+
+#if __FILE__ == $0
+#  $LOAD_PATH.unshift('lib', 'spec')
+#           Dir.glob('./spec/**/*_spec.rb') { |f| require f }
+#end
+