diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1349fa3..9ddc265 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "rubygems"
-
 begin
   require 'spec/rake/spectask'
 rescue LoadError
@@ -90,14 +88,14 @@ namespace :spec do
     namespace :rails do
       task :selenium do
         Dir.chdir "spec/integration/rails" do
-          result = system "rake test_unit:selenium"
+          result = system "rake -rubygems test_unit:selenium"
           raise "Rails integration tests failed" unless result
         end
       end
 
       task :webrat do
         Dir.chdir "spec/integration/rails" do
-          result = system "rake test_unit:rails"
+          result = system "rake -rubygems test_unit:rails"
           raise "Rails integration tests failed" unless result
         end
       end
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ namespace :spec do
     desc "Run the Merb integration specs"
     task :merb do
       Dir.chdir "spec/integration/merb" do
-        result = system "rake spec"
+        result = system "rake -rubygems spec"
         raise "Merb integration tests failed" unless result
       end
     end
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ namespace :spec do
     desc "Run the Sinatra integration specs"
     task :sinatra do
       Dir.chdir "spec/integration/sinatra" do
-        result = system "rake test"
+        result = system "rake -rubygems test"
         raise "Sinatra integration tests failed" unless result
       end
     end
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ namespace :spec do
     desc "Run the Sinatra integration specs"
     task :rack do
       Dir.chdir "spec/integration/rack" do
-        result = system "rake test"
+        result = system "rake -rubygems test"
         raise "Rack integration tests failed" unless result
       end
     end
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ namespace :spec do
     desc "Run the Mechanize integration specs"
     task :mechanize do
       Dir.chdir "spec/integration/mechanize" do
-        result = system "rake spec"
+        result = system "rake -rubygems spec"
         raise "Mechanize integration tests failed" unless result
       end
     end
@@ -142,4 +140,4 @@ task :whitespace do
   sh %{find . -name '*.rb' -exec sed -i '' 's/ *$//g' {} \\;}
 end
 
-task :default => :spec
\ No newline at end of file
+task :default => :spec
diff --git a/spec/integration/mechanize/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/integration/mechanize/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 71c80da..95ad24a 100644
--- a/spec/integration/mechanize/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/mechanize/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require "rubygems"
 require "spec"
 
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../../../lib"
diff --git a/spec/integration/merb/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/integration/merb/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 717a0fa..407dd90 100644
--- a/spec/integration/merb/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/merb/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require "rubygems"
+
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../../../lib"
 
 # Add the local gems dir if found within the app root; any dependencies loaded
diff --git a/spec/integration/rack/test/webrat_rack_test.rb b/spec/integration/rack/test/webrat_rack_test.rb
index 3b20a23..b49688f 100644
--- a/spec/integration/rack/test/webrat_rack_test.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/rack/test/webrat_rack_test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require "rubygems"
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/helper"
 
 class WebratRackTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
diff --git a/spec/integration/sinatra/test/classic_app_test.rb b/spec/integration/sinatra/test/classic_app_test.rb
index fbb4759..d913b05 100644
--- a/spec/integration/sinatra/test/classic_app_test.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/sinatra/test/classic_app_test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require "rubygems"
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/test_helper"
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../classic_app"