diff --git a/bloomfilter-rb.gemspec b/bloomfilter-rb.gemspec
index 7f01816..18bfc49 100644
--- a/bloomfilter-rb.gemspec
+++ b/bloomfilter-rb.gemspec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "redis"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rake-compiler" 
 
   s.extensions = ["ext/cbloomfilter/extconf.rb"]
 
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end