diff --git a/lib/simplecov.rb b/lib/simplecov.rb
index fc5074b9..4b73a435 100644
--- a/lib/simplecov.rb
+++ b/lib/simplecov.rb
@@ -119,3 +119,6 @@ def usable?
 
 # Load default config
 require 'simplecov/defaults'
+
+# Load Rails integration
+require 'simplecov/railtie' if defined? Rails
diff --git a/lib/simplecov/railtie.rb b/lib/simplecov/railtie.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89a7d7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simplecov/railtie.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module SimpleCov
+  class Railtie < ::Rails::Railtie
+    rake_tasks do
+      load 'simplecov/railties/tasks.rake'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/simplecov/railties/tasks.rake b/lib/simplecov/railties/tasks.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a75e4813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simplecov/railties/tasks.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+  t.name = 'simplecov'
+  t.loader = :direct # uses require() which skips PWD in Ruby 1.9
+  t.libs.push 'test', 'spec', Dir.pwd
+  t.test_files = FileList['{test,spec}/**/*_{test,spec}.rb']
+  t.ruby_opts.push '-r', 'simplecov', '-e', 'SimpleCov.start(:rails)'.inspect
+end
+
+require 'rake/clean'
+CLOBBER.include 'coverage'