diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07fb61a..1bc4656 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ mkmf.log
 pkg/
 tmp
 vendor
+lib/mysql2/mysql2.rb
diff --git a/tasks/compile.rake b/tasks/compile.rake
index 7979ae2..c61b7b9 100644
--- a/tasks/compile.rake
+++ b/tasks/compile.rake
@@ -30,3 +30,12 @@ Rake::ExtensionTask.new("mysql2", gemspec) do |ext|
   CLEAN.include "#{ext.lib_dir}/*.#{RbConfig::CONFIG['DLEXT']}"
 end
 Rake::Task[:spec].prerequisites << :compile
+
+file 'lib/mysql2/mysql2.rb' do
+  name = gemspec.name
+  File.open("lib/#{name}/#{name}.rb", 'wb') do |f|
+    f.write <<-eoruby
+require "#{name}/\#{RUBY_VERSION.sub(/\\.\\d+$/, '')}/#{name}"
+    eoruby
+  end
+end