diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d25efe19..b8453e1a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ gem 'puppet-lint-undef_in_function-check'
 gem 'puppet-lint-unquoted_string-check'
 gem 'puppet-lint-variable_contains_upcase'
 
-# rspec must be v2 for ruby 1.8.7
 if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.8.7' and RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+  # rspec must be v2 for ruby 1.8.7
   gem 'rspec', '~> 2.0'
+  # rake must be v10 for ruby 1.8.7
+  gem 'rake', '~> 10.0'
 end