diff --git a/vagrant-lxc.gemspec b/vagrant-lxc.gemspec
index 3c30c65..360c94a 100644
--- a/vagrant-lxc.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant-lxc.gemspec
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rake"
+
   # Vagrant's dependencies
   gem.add_dependency "childprocess", "~> 0.3.7"
   gem.add_dependency "erubis", "~> 2.7.0"