diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e51eeaf..023f45e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ log
 .project
 .loadpath
 *.swp
+results
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 06662f4..9076464 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -86,4 +86,10 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new(:docs) do |rd|
   rd.rdoc_files = files.uniq
   title = "webrat-#{Webrat::VERSION} Documentation"
   rd.options << "-t #{title}"
+end
+
+desc "Run all specs"
+task "spec2" do
+  require "lib/webrat/test/run_specs"
+  run_specs(Dir["#{Dir.pwd}/spec//**/*_spec.rb"])
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/webrat/test/run_spec.rb b/lib/webrat/test/run_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7bd7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webrat/test/run_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+require "stringio"
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'spec'
+require 'spec/runner/formatter/specdoc_formatter'
+
+module Spec
+  module Runner
+    module Formatter
+      class BaseTextFormatter
+        def dump_failure(counter, failure)
+          output = @options.error_stream
+          output.puts
+          output.puts "#{counter.to_s})"
+          output.puts colourise("#{failure.header}\n#{failure.exception.message}", failure)
+          output.puts format_backtrace(failure.exception.backtrace)
+          output.flush
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def run_spec(spec, base_dir)
+
+  $VERBOSE = nil
+  err, out = StringIO.new, StringIO.new
+  def out.tty?() true end
+  options = Spec::Runner::OptionParser.parse(%W(#{spec} -fs --color), err, out)
+  options.filename_pattern = File.expand_path(spec)
+  failure = ! Spec::Runner::CommandLine.run(options)
+  File.open(File.join(base_dir, "results", "#{File.basename(spec)}_out"), "w") do |file|
+    file.puts out.string
+  end
+  File.open(File.join(base_dir, "results", "#{File.basename(spec)}_err"), "w") do |file|
+    file.puts err.string
+  end
+  exit!(failure ? -1 : 0)
+end
+
+run_spec(ARGV[0], File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", ".."))) if ENV["NOW"]
diff --git a/lib/webrat/test/run_specs.rb b/lib/webrat/test/run_specs.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be4a3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webrat/test/run_specs.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'benchmark'
+require 'spec'
+require 'spec/runner/formatter/base_text_formatter'
+require 'spec/spec_helper.rb'
+
+# Load this stuff so it only has to be loaded once for the entire suite
+require 'spec/mocks'
+require 'spec/mocks/extensions'
+require 'spec/runner/formatter/specdoc_formatter'
+require 'base64'
+require 'nkf'
+require 'kconv'
+require 'rack'
+require 'fileutils'
+
+begin
+  require 'json'
+rescue
+  require 'json/pure'
+end
+
+Merb::Dispatcher
+
+module Merb
+  class Counter
+
+    attr_accessor :time
+    def initialize
+      @examples, @failures, @errors, @pending, @total_time = 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+      @err = ""
+      @mutex = Mutex.new
+    end
+  
+    def failed?
+      @failures > 0
+    end
+  
+    def add(spec, out, err)
+      @mutex.synchronize do
+        puts
+        puts "Running #{spec}."
+        STDOUT.puts out
+        STDOUT.flush
+        match = out.match(/(\d+) examples?, (\d+) failures?(?:, (\d+) errors?)?(?:, (\d+) pending?)?/m)
+        time = out.match(/Finished in (\d+\.\d+) seconds/)
+        @total_time += time[1].to_f if time
+        if match
+          e, f, errors, pending = match[1..-1]
+          @examples += e.to_i
+          @failures += f.to_i
+          @errors += errors.to_i
+          @pending += pending.to_i
+        end
+        unless err.chomp.empty?
+          @err << err.chomp << "\n"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def report
+      i = 0
+      @err.gsub!(/^\d*\)\s*/) do
+        "#{i += 1})\n"
+      end
+      
+      puts @err
+      puts
+      if @failures != 0 || @errors != 0
+        print "\e[31m" # Red
+      elsif @pending != 0
+        print "\e[33m" # Yellow
+      else
+        print "\e[32m" # Green
+      end
+      puts "#{@examples} examples, #{@failures} failures, #{@errors} errors, #{@pending} pending, #{sprintf("suite run in %3.3f seconds", @time.real)}"
+      # TODO: we need to report pending examples all together
+       puts "\e[0m"    
+    end  
+  end
+end
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) / "run_spec"
+
+# Runs specs in all files matching the file pattern.
+#
+# ==== Parameters
+# globs<String, Array[String]>:: File patterns to look for.
+# spec_cmd<~to_s>:: The spec command. Defaults to "spec".
+# run_opts<String>:: Options to pass to spec commands, for instance,
+#                    if you want to use profiling formatter.
+# except<Array[String]>:: File paths to skip.
+def run_specs(globs, spec_cmd='spec', run_opts = "-c", except = [])
+  require "optparse"
+  require "spec"
+  globs = globs.is_a?(Array) ? globs : [globs]
+  
+  forking = (ENV["FORK"] ? ENV["FORK"] == "1" : Merb.forking_environment?)
+  base_dir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) / ".." / ".." / "..")
+  
+  counter = Merb::Counter.new
+  forks   = 0
+  failure = false
+
+  FileUtils.rm_rf(File.join(base_dir, "results"))
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(base_dir, "results"))
+
+  time = Benchmark.measure do
+    files = {}
+    globs.each do |glob|
+      Dir[glob].each do |spec|
+        if forking
+          Kernel.fork do
+            run_spec(spec, base_dir)
+          end
+          Process.wait
+        else
+          `NOW=1 #{Gem.ruby} #{File.dirname(__FILE__) / "run_spec.rb"} \"#{spec}\"`
+        end
+        out = File.read(File.join(base_dir, "results", "#{File.basename(spec)}_out"))
+        err = File.read(File.join(base_dir, "results", "#{File.basename(spec)}_err"))
+        counter.add(spec, out, err)        
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  Process.waitall
+  
+  counter.time = time
+  counter.report
+  FileUtils.rm_rf(File.join(base_dir, "results"))
+  exit!(counter.failed? ? -1 : 0)
+end