diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ed4e94..8bd154d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.gem
 .bundle
 ext/src/msgpack*
+tmp/*
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 123539d..855a4b4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    rbtrace (0.4.9)
+    rbtrace (0.4.10)
       ffi (>= 1.0.6)
       msgpack (>= 0.4.3)
       trollop (>= 1.16.2)
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
     ffi (1.9.18)
-    msgpack (1.2.0)
+    msgpack (1.2.2)
+    rake (10.5.0)
     trollop (2.1.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  rake (~> 10.0)
   rbtrace!
 
 BUNDLED WITH
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1acebfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+
+desc "Compile the c extension"
+task :compile do
+  if File.exist?("ext/Makefile")
+    system "(cd ext && make clean)"
+  end
+  system "(cd ext && ruby extconf.rb)"
+  system "(cd ext && make)"
+end
+
+task :build => :compile
+
+
diff --git a/rbtrace.gemspec b/rbtrace.gemspec
index df6ea8e..76b715d 100644
--- a/rbtrace.gemspec
+++ b/rbtrace.gemspec
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'trollop', '>= 1.16.2'
   s.add_dependency 'msgpack', '>= 0.4.3'
 
+  s.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
+
   s.license = "MIT"
   s.summary = 'rbtrace: like strace but for ruby code'
   s.description = 'rbtrace shows you method calls happening inside another ruby process in real time.'