diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a06c563..0b1c22d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -9,3 +9,19 @@ end
 #    system(%{rcov -x '.rvm' -x '/test/data/' test/*_test.rb})
 #  end
 #end
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |s|
+    s.name = "minicomic-backend"
+    s.executables = "minicomic-backend"
+    s.summary = "Generate Web- and print-ready collections of comics from SVG files"
+    s.email = "john@coswellproductions.com"
+    s.homepage = "http://github.com/johnbintz/minicomic-backend"
+    s.description = "Generate Web- and print-ready collections of comics from SVG files"
+    s.authors = ["John Bintz"]
+    s.files =  FileList["{bin,lib,test}/**/*"]
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler, or one of its dependencies, is not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
+end