diff --git a/tasks/spec.rake b/tasks/spec.rake
index 652b946..0806eaf 100644
--- a/tasks/spec.rake
+++ b/tasks/spec.rake
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ rescue LoadError
   end
 end
 
+task :spec => :check_dependencies
+task :rcov => :check_dependencies
+
 task :default => :spec