diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16f9cdb01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--color
+--format documentation
diff --git a/brewdler.gemspec b/brewdler.gemspec
index 4abe331e1..101c3da89 100644
--- a/brewdler.gemspec
+++ b/brewdler.gemspec
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.version       = Brewdler::VERSION
 
   gem.add_dependency 'commander'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cc3513a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'brewdler'
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+
+end