diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 225dca3d7..4835087d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ rdoc/*
 coverage/*
 spec/debug.log
 pkg/*
+*.gem
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 29fd43f69..bb3ccd301 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake/dsl_definition'
 require 'rake'
 
 # want other tests/tasks run by default? Add them to the list
diff --git a/bin/annotate b/bin/annotate
index 5332f990f..9d14f8643 100755
--- a/bin/annotate
+++ b/bin/annotate
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 require 'optparse'
 require 'annotate'
+require 'rake/dsl_definition'
+require 'rake'
 
 task = :annotate_models