diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f16476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--color
+--format progress
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f57ae68..1e00cec 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rake
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new('spec')
diff --git a/easy-deployment.gemspec b/easy-deployment.gemspec
index f9811d2..869bcbd 100644
--- a/easy-deployment.gemspec
+++ b/easy-deployment.gemspec
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'capistrano_colors'
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'bundler'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.8'
 end
diff --git a/spec/easy_deployment_spec.rb b/spec/easy_deployment_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f8fa0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/easy_deployment_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'spec_helper.rb'
+
+describe Easy::Deployment do
+  it "has a version number" do
+    Easy::Deployment::VERSION.should be_present
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ee85fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This file was generated by the `rspec --init` command. Conventionally, all
+# specs live under a `spec` directory, which RSpec adds to the `$LOAD_PATH`.
+# Require this file using `require "spec_helper.rb"` to ensure that it is only
+# loaded once.
+#
+# See http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-core/RSpec/Core/Configuration
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'bundler'
+
+require 'easy-deployment'
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.mock_with :rspec
+end
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f896265..0000000
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'bundler'
-begin
-  Bundler.setup(:default, :development)
-rescue Bundler::BundlerError => e
-  $stderr.puts e.message
-  $stderr.puts "Run `bundle install` to install missing gems"
-  exit e.status_code
-end
-require 'minitest/unit'
-
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
-require 'easy-deployment'
-
-class MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
-end
-
-MiniTest::Unit.autorun
diff --git a/test/test_easy_deployment.rb b/test/test_easy_deployment.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f150da..0000000
--- a/test/test_easy_deployment.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-require 'helper'
-
-class Easy::TestDeployment < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
-  def test_something_for_real
-    flunk "hey buddy, you should probably rename this file and start testing for real"
-  end
-end