diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2d21b50f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+inherit_from: .rubocop_todo.yml
+
+AllCops:
+  Exclude:
+    - config/initializers/forbidden_yaml.rb
+    - !ruby/regexp /(vendor|bundle|bin|db)\/.*/
+  RunRailsCops: true
+  DisplayCopNames: true
+  DisplayStyleGuide: true
+
+Lint/NestedMethodDefinition:
+  Enabled: false
+  Exclude:
+    - test/action_controller/serialization_test.rb
+
+Style/StringLiterals:
+  EnforcedStyle: single_quotes
+
+Metrics/AbcSize:
+  Max: 35 # TODO: Lower to 15
+
+Metrics/ClassLength:
+  Max: 261 # TODO: Lower to 100
+  Exclude:
+    - test/**/*.rb
+
+Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity:
+  Max: 7 # TODO: Lower to 6
+
+Metrics/LineLength:
+  Max: 251 # TODO: Lower to 80
+
+Metrics/MethodLength:
+  Max: 106 # TODO: Lower to 10
+
+Metrics/PerceivedComplexity:
+  Max: 9 # TODO: Lower to 7
+
+Style/AlignParameters:
+  EnforcedStyle: with_fixed_indentation
+
+Style/ClassAndModuleChildren:
+  EnforcedStyle: compact
+
+Style/Documentation:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Style/MultilineOperationIndentation:
+  EnforcedStyle: indented
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4efa90623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+# This configuration was generated by `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
+# on 2015-08-30 23:03:50 -0500 using RuboCop version 0.31.0.
+# The point is for the user to remove these configuration records
+# one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
+# Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
+# versions of RuboCop, may require this file to be generated again.
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Configuration parameters: AllowSafeAssignment.
+Lint/AssignmentInCondition:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Lint/EmptyEnsure:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Lint/HandleExceptions:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Lint/UnusedBlockArgument:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 9
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Lint/UnusedMethodArgument:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Lint/UselessAccessModifier:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 3
+Lint/UselessAssignment:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Rails/Date:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 8
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Rails/TimeZone:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/AccessModifierIndentation:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 16
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedHashRocketStyle, EnforcedColonStyle, EnforcedLastArgumentHashStyle, SupportedLastArgumentHashStyles.
+Style/AlignHash:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 6
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/AlignParameters:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/AndOr:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 6
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles, ProceduralMethods, FunctionalMethods, IgnoredMethods.
+Style/BlockDelimiters:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 46
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/BracesAroundHashParameters:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 167
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/ClassAndModuleChildren:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/CommentIndentation:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Style/DoubleNegation:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Style/EachWithObject:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 4
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/EmptyLines:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 3
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/EmptyLinesAroundAccessModifier:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/EmptyLinesAroundBlockBody:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 16
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/EmptyLinesAroundClassBody:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 9
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/EmptyLinesAroundMethodBody:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 3
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/EmptyLinesAroundModuleBody:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 3
+# Configuration parameters: MinBodyLength.
+Style/GuardClause:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 12
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles, UseHashRocketsWithSymbolValues.
+Style/HashSyntax:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 9
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/IndentArray:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 8
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/IndentHash:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/IndentationConsistency:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: Width.
+Style/IndentationWidth:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/Lambda:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/MethodCallParentheses:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/MethodDefParentheses:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 3
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/MultilineOperationIndentation:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/NegatedIf:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, MinBodyLength, SupportedStyles.
+Style/Next:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/NumericLiterals:
+  MinDigits: 7
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: PreferredDelimiters.
+Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/PerlBackrefs:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 6
+# Configuration parameters: NamePrefix, NamePrefixBlacklist.
+Style/PredicateName:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 7
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/RedundantSelf:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: AllowAsExpressionSeparator.
+Style/Semicolon:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 6
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/SignalException:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: AllowIfMethodIsEmpty.
+Style/SingleLineMethods:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 26
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/SpaceAfterColon:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 7
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/SpaceAfterComma:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/SpaceAfterNot:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 5
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/SpaceAroundEqualsInParameterDefault:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 39
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: MultiSpaceAllowedForOperators.
+Style/SpaceAroundOperators:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 3
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/SpaceBeforeBlockBraces:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 8
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles, EnforcedStyleForEmptyBraces, SpaceBeforeBlockParameters.
+Style/SpaceInsideBlockBraces:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 20
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/SpaceInsideBrackets:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 179
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, EnforcedStyleForEmptyBraces, SupportedStyles.
+Style/SpaceInsideHashLiteralBraces:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/SpaceInsideParens:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/StringLiteralsInInterpolation:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Style/StructInheritance:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: IgnoredMethods.
+Style/SymbolProc:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 9
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+Style/TrailingBlankLines:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 6
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyleForMultiline, SupportedStyles.
+Style/TrailingComma:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/TrailingWhitespace:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+Style/UnlessElse:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 2
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+Style/UnneededPercentQ:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 4
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: WordRegex.
+Style/WordArray:
+  MinSize: 2
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6ebfd7032..9aaaafdd6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ language: ruby
 
 sudo: false
 
+cache:
+  bundler: true
+
 rvm:
   - 1.9.3
   - 2.0.0
@@ -14,6 +17,10 @@ rvm:
 install:
   - bundle install --retry=3
 
+script:
+  - bundle exec rake
+  - bundle exec rake rubocop
+
 env:
   - "RAILS_VERSION=4.0"
   - "RAILS_VERSION=4.1"
@@ -24,3 +31,4 @@ matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - rvm: ruby-head
     - env: "RAILS_VERSION=master"
+  fast_finish: true
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e0a4364cb..a9846cb0b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ end
 
 # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
 gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby]
+
+group :development, :test do
+  gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.33.0', require: false
+end
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 8a1f1e9e8..f7e165185 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
+
+begin
+  require 'rubocop'
+  require 'rubocop/rake_task'
+rescue LoadError
+else
+  Rake::Task[:rubocop].clear if Rake::Task.task_defined?(:rubocop)
+  desc 'Execute rubocop'
+  RuboCop::RakeTask.new(:rubocop) do |task|
+    task.options = ['--rails', '--display-cop-names', '--display-style-guide']
+    task.fail_on_error = true
+  end
+end
 
 require 'rake/testtask'
 
 Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
-  t.libs << "test"
+  t.libs << 'test'
   t.test_files = FileList['test/**/*_test.rb']
   t.ruby_opts = ['-r./test/test_helper.rb']
   t.verbose = true
diff --git a/lib/generators/serializer/serializer_generator.rb b/lib/generators/serializer/serializer_generator.rb
index 54db86e21..77ed442e9 100644
--- a/lib/generators/serializer/serializer_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/serializer/serializer_generator.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class SerializerGenerator < NamedBase
       class_option :parent, :type => :string, :desc => "The parent class for the generated serializer"
 
       def create_serializer_file
-        template 'serializer.rb', File.join('app/serializers', class_path, "#{file_name}_serializer.rb")
+        template 'serializer.rb.erb', File.join('app/serializers', class_path, "#{file_name}_serializer.rb")
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/lib/generators/serializer/templates/serializer.rb b/lib/generators/serializer/templates/serializer.rb.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/generators/serializer/templates/serializer.rb
rename to lib/generators/serializer/templates/serializer.rb.erb
diff --git a/lib/tasks/rubocop.rake b/lib/tasks/rubocop.rake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/action_controller/serialization_test.rb b/test/action_controller/serialization_test.rb
index fab43af07..733500912 100644
--- a/test/action_controller/serialization_test.rb
+++ b/test/action_controller/serialization_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 require 'test_helper'
 
 module ActionController
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ def test_render_using_default_root
       def test_render_array_using_custom_root
         get :render_array_using_custom_root
 
-        expected =  {custom_roots: [{name: "Name 1", description: "Description 1"}]}
+        expected = {custom_roots: [{name: "Name 1", description: "Description 1"}]}
         assert_equal 'application/json', @response.content_type
         assert_equal expected.to_json, @response.body
       end
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ def test_render_array_using_custom_root
       def test_render_array_that_is_empty_using_custom_root
         get :render_array_that_is_empty_using_custom_root
 
-        expected =  {custom_roots: []}
+        expected = {custom_roots: []}
         assert_equal 'application/json', @response.content_type
         assert_equal expected.to_json, @response.body
       end
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ def test_render_array_that_is_empty_using_custom_root
       def test_render_object_using_custom_root
         get :render_object_using_custom_root
 
-        expected =  {custom_root: {name: "Name 1", description: "Description 1"}}
+        expected = {custom_root: {name: 'Name 1', description: 'Description 1'}}
         assert_equal 'application/json', @response.content_type
         assert_equal expected.to_json, @response.body
       end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/poro.rb b/test/fixtures/poro.rb
index 815205c47..fa871d9ca 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/poro.rb
+++ b/test/fixtures/poro.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ProfilePreviewSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 Place    = Class.new(Model)
 Tag      = Class.new(Model)
 VirtualValue = Class.new(Model)
-Comment  = Class.new(Model) do
+Comment = Class.new(Model) do
   # Uses a custom non-time-based cache key
   def cache_key
     "#{self.class.name.downcase}/#{self.id}"
diff --git a/test/serializers/serializer_for_test.rb b/test/serializers/serializer_for_test.rb
index 1fd4c10e1..a0dc0888e 100644
--- a/test/serializers/serializer_for_test.rb
+++ b/test/serializers/serializer_for_test.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def test_overwritten_serializer_for_array
         end
       end
 
-      class SerializerTest <  Minitest::Test
+      class SerializerTest < Minitest::Test
         class MyProfile < Profile
         end
         class CustomProfile
diff --git a/test/support/stream_capture.rb b/test/support/stream_capture.rb
index 49e3a1454..20affb713 100644
--- a/test/support/stream_capture.rb
+++ b/test/support/stream_capture.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def quietly
         def capture(stream)
           stream = stream.to_s
           captured_stream = Tempfile.new(stream)
-          stream_io = eval("$#{stream}")
+          stream_io = eval("$#{stream}") # rubocop:disable Lint/Eval
           origin_stream = stream_io.dup
           stream_io.reopen(captured_stream)