diff --git a/capistrano-chef.gemspec b/capistrano-chef.gemspec
index 5ae8d33..71a1d25 100644
--- a/capistrano-chef.gemspec
+++ b/capistrano-chef.gemspec
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.add_dependency 'capistrano', '>= 3'
   s.add_dependency 'chef', '>= 0.10.10'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/dsl/chef.rb b/lib/capistrano/dsl/chef.rb
index 4c1f70c..b6e82f8 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/dsl/chef.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/dsl/chef.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module Capistrano
   module DSL
     module Chef
-      def chef_role(name, query = '*:*', options)
+      def chef_role(name, query = '*:*', **options)
         arg = options.delete(:attribute) || :ipaddress
 
         search_proc = case arg
diff --git a/spec/lib/capistrano/dsl/chef_spec.rb b/spec/lib/capistrano/dsl/chef_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a11b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/capistrano/dsl/chef_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require 'chef/knife'
+require 'chef/node'
+require 'chef/search/query'
+require 'capistrano/dsl/chef'
+
+describe Capistrano::DSL::Chef do
+  let(:cap) { Class.new { extend Capistrano::DSL::Chef } }
+  context 'search without args' do
+    before do
+      @role_name = :app
+      @user = 'test_user'
+      @search_str = 'roles:test_search_role'
+
+      # server_1 = double('nodes', ipaddress: '1.1.1.1')
+      server_1 = { 'ipaddress' => '1.1.1.1' }
+
+      expect(cap).to receive(:fetch).with(:user).and_return(@user)
+      expect(Chef::Search::Query).to receive_message_chain(:new, :search).with(
+        :node,
+        @search_str
+      ).and_return([[server_1]])
+    end
+
+    it 'gets a list of node ips' do
+      expect(cap).to receive(:role).with([@role_name], ["#{@user}@1.1.1.1"])
+      cap.chef_role(@role_name, @search_str)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/spec_helper.rb b/spec/lib/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdb9c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'rspec'
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.mock_with :rspec
+end