diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f3b442c0923..8c546ed4eac 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ group :test, :development do
   gem 'mocha', require: false
   gem 'rb-fsevent', require: RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i ? 'rb-fsevent' : false
   gem 'rb-inotify', '~> 0.9', require: RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /linux/i ? 'rb-inotify' : false
-  gem 'rspec-rails'
+  gem 'rspec-rails', require: false
   gem 'shoulda', require: false
   gem 'simplecov', require: false
   gem 'terminal-notifier-guard', require: false
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md b/docs/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md
index fa44aeb7979..4e15f6a38eb 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ to rails, you are likely much better off with our **[Discourse Vagrant Developer
 2. `rake db:migrate`
 3. `rake db:test:prepare`
 4. `rake db:seed_fu`
-5. Try running the specs: `bundle exec rspec`
+5. Try running the specs: `bundle exec rake spec`
 6. `bundle exec rails server`
 
 You should now be able to connect to rails on http://localhost:3000 - try it out! The seed data includes a pinned topic that explains how to get an admin account, so start there! Happy hacking!
diff --git a/lib/tasks/rspec.rake b/lib/tasks/rspec.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7c787bb272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/rspec.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)