diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e664de4..e20047d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'test')
+
 desc "Run tests"
 task :test do
   Dir['test/**/*_test.rb'].each { |file| require file }
diff --git a/test/fake/file_test.rb b/test/fake/file_test.rb
index 4dc5930..77c4290 100644
--- a/test/fake/file_test.rb
+++ b/test/fake/file_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib')
-require 'fakefs/safe'
-require 'test/unit'
+require "test_helper"
 
 class FakeFileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include FakeFS
diff --git a/test/fake/symlink_test.rb b/test/fake/symlink_test.rb
index d63208b..8eae46d 100644
--- a/test/fake/symlink_test.rb
+++ b/test/fake/symlink_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib')
-require 'fakefs/safe'
-require 'test/unit'
+require "test_helper"
 
 class FakeSymlinkTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include FakeFS
diff --git a/test/fakefs_test.rb b/test/fakefs_test.rb
index 6de4556..a0863a4 100644
--- a/test/fakefs_test.rb
+++ b/test/fakefs_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')
-require 'fakefs/safe'
-require 'test/unit'
+require "test_helper"
 
 class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include FakeFS
diff --git a/test/safe_test.rb b/test/safe_test.rb
index 4d9ace3..9db2de0 100644
--- a/test/safe_test.rb
+++ b/test/safe_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')
-require 'fakefs/safe'
-require 'test/unit'
+require "test_helper"
 
 class FakeFSSafeTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..745419d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')
+require 'fakefs/safe'
+require 'test/unit'
diff --git a/test/verify.rb b/test/verify.rb
index 8e5cb05..dddb993 100644
--- a/test/verify.rb
+++ b/test/verify.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 # USAGE
 #
 #   $ ruby test/verify.rb | grep "not implemented"
-require 'fakefs/safe'
-require 'test/unit'
+require "test_helper"
 
 class FakeFSVerifierTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   (RealFile.methods - Class.new.methods).each do |name|