diff --git a/config_defaults.yml b/config_defaults.yml
index be0bd1fa..f7ac8fac 100644
--- a/config_defaults.yml
+++ b/config_defaults.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@ Gemfile:
       - gem: puppet-lint-variable_contains_upcase
       - gem: metadata-json-lint
       - gem: puppet-blacksmith
-        git: https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-blacksmith.git
       - gem: voxpupuli-release
         git: https://github.com/voxpupuli/voxpupuli-release-gem.git
       - gem: puppet-strings
         git: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-strings.git
       - gem: rubocop-rspec
         version: '~> 1.5'
+        ruby-operator: '>='
+        ruby-version: '2.0.0'
+      - gem: json_pure
+        version: '<= 2.0.1'
+        ruby-operator: '<'
+        ruby-version: '2.0.0'
     ':development':
       - gem: travis
       - gem: travis-lint
diff --git a/moduleroot/Gemfile b/moduleroot/Gemfile
index f158b60c..ddcb81fe 100644
--- a/moduleroot/Gemfile
+++ b/moduleroot/Gemfile
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ group <%= group %> do
 <% maxlen = gems.map! do |gem| -%>
 <%            gem['platforms'].map!{|a| a.to_sym} unless gem['platforms'].nil? -%>
 <%            { -%>
-<%              'gem'       => gem['gem'], -%>
-<%              'version'   => gem['version'], -%>
-<%              'platforms' => gem['platforms'], -%>
-<%              'require'   => gem['require'], -%>
-<%              'git'       => gem['git'], -%>
-<%              'branch'    => gem['branch'], -%>
-<%              'length'    => gem['gem'].length + (("', '".length if gem['version']) || 0) + gem['version'].to_s.length -%>
+<%              'gem'           => gem['gem'], -%>
+<%              'version'       => gem['version'], -%>
+<%              'platforms'     => gem['platforms'], -%>
+<%              'require'       => gem['require'], -%>
+<%              'git'           => gem['git'], -%>
+<%              'branch'        => gem['branch'], -%>
+<%              'ruby-version'  => gem['ruby-version'], -%>
+<%              'ruby-operator' => gem['ruby-operator'], -%>
+<%              'length'        => gem['gem'].length + (("', '".length if gem['version']) || 0) + gem['version'].to_s.length -%>
 <%            } -%>
 <%          end.map do |gem| -%>
 <%            gem['length'] -%>
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ group <%= group %> do
     gem 'beaker-rspec',  :require => false
   end
 <% else -%>
-  gem '<%= gem['gem'] %>'<%= ", '#{gem['version']}'" if gem['version'] %>, <%= ' ' * (maxlen - gem['length']) %> :require => false<%= ", :git => '#{gem['git']}'" if gem['git'] %><%= ", :branch => '#{gem['branch']}'" if gem['branch'] %><%= ", :platforms => #{gem['platforms']}" if gem['platforms'] %>
+  gem '<%= gem['gem'] %>'<%= ", '#{gem['version']}'" if gem['version'] %>, <%= ' ' * (maxlen - gem['length']) %> :require => false<%= ", :git => '#{gem['git']}'" if gem['git'] %><%= ", :branch => '#{gem['branch']}'" if gem['branch'] %><%= ", :platforms => #{gem['platforms']}" if gem['platforms'] %><%= " if RUBY_VERSION #{gem['ruby-operator']} #{gem['ruby-version']}" if (gem['ruby-operator'] && gem['ruby-version']) %>
 <% end -%>
 <% end -%>
 end
diff --git a/moduleroot/Rakefile b/moduleroot/Rakefile
index 979cb8ae..40bb83f9 100644
--- a/moduleroot/Rakefile
+++ b/moduleroot/Rakefile
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
 require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks'
 require 'voxpupuli/release/rake_tasks'
-require 'rubocop/rake_task'
 require 'puppet-strings/rake_tasks'
 
-RuboCop::RakeTask.new(:rubocop) do |task|
-  # These make the rubocop experience maybe slightly less terrible
-  task.options = ['-D', '-S', '-E']
+if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0.0'
+  require 'rubocop/rake_task'
+
+  RuboCop::RakeTask.new(:rubocop) do |task|
+    # These make the rubocop experience maybe slightly less terrible
+    task.options = ['-D', '-S', '-E']
+  end
 end
 
 PuppetLint.configuration.log_format = '%{path}:%{linenumber}:%{check}:%{KIND}:%{message}'