diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 87a2556..e66a826 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
 require "rake/testtask"
 
+name = "io/wait"
+
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
   t.libs << "test/lib"
   t.ruby_opts << "-rhelper"
@@ -8,5 +10,7 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
 end
 
 require 'rake/extensiontask'
-Rake::ExtensionTask.new("io/wait")
+Rake::ExtensionTask.new(name)
+task :test => :compile
+
 task :default => :test