diff --git a/spec/env.test b/spec/env.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c086797c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/env.test
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+APP_SECRET_TOKEN=notarealappsecrettoken
+TWITTER_OAUTH_KEY=twitteroauthkey
+TWITTER_OAUTH_SECRET=twitteroauthsecret
+THIRTY_SEVEN_SIGNALS_OAUTH_KEY=TESTKEY
+THIRTY_SEVEN_SIGNALS_OAUTH_SECRET=TESTSECRET
diff --git a/spec/models/service_spec.rb b/spec/models/service_spec.rb
index 1f8dddc04a..32387b58a5 100644
--- a/spec/models/service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/service_spec.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
       stub_request(:post, "https://launchpad.37signals.com/authorization/token?client_id=TESTKEY&client_secret=TESTSECRET&refresh_token=refreshtokentest&type=refresh").
         to_return(:status => 200, :body => '{"expires_in":1209600,"access_token": "NEWTOKEN"}', :headers => {})
       @service.provider = '37signals'
-      ENV['THIRTY_SEVEN_SIGNALS_OAUTH_KEY'] = 'TESTKEY'
-      ENV['THIRTY_SEVEN_SIGNALS_OAUTH_SECRET'] = 'TESTSECRET'
       @service.refresh_token = 'refreshtokentest'
       @service.refresh_token!
       @service.token.should == 'NEWTOKEN'
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index f4fa126ef5..27ef928648 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
 
 if ENV['COVERAGE']
@@ -9,6 +8,10 @@
   Coveralls.wear!('rails')
 end
 
+# Required ENV variables that are normally set in .env are setup here for the test environment.
+require 'dotenv'
+Dotenv.load File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "env.test")
+
 require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
 require 'rspec/rails'
 require 'rspec/autorun'
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@
 
 # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
 # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
-Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}
+Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
 
 ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!