diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 4bc9486..2114399 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ task :default => 'all:spec'
 namespace :travis_ci do
 
   desc 'Things to do before Travis CI begins'
-  task :prepare do
+  task :prepare => :slimgems do
+  end
+
+  desc 'Install slimgems'
+  task :slimgems do
+    system('gem install slimgems')
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile b/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile
index 9b59522..8f33a6b 100644
--- a/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile
+++ b/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ source 'http://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'sqlite3'
 gem 'test-unit', '=1.2.3', :platforms => :ruby_19
+gem 'hoe', '=2.8.0', :platforms => :ruby_19
 gem 'rails', '~>2.3.10'
 gem 'rspec', '<2'
 gem 'rspec-rails', '<2'
diff --git a/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile.lock b/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile.lock
index 78942f7..44113fc 100644
--- a/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/spec/rails-2.3/Gemfile.lock
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ GEM
     debugger-linecache (1.1.2)
       debugger-ruby_core_source (>= 1.1.1)
     debugger-ruby_core_source (1.2.0)
-    hoe (3.5.1)
-      rake (>= 0.8, < 11.0)
+    hoe (2.8.0)
+      rake (>= 0.8.7)
     linecache (0.46)
       rbx-require-relative (> 0.0.4)
     rack (1.1.6)
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   assignable_values!
   debugger
+  hoe (= 2.8.0)
   rails (~> 2.3.10)
   rspec (< 2)
   rspec-rails (< 2)