diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 10e405202..7e5e8eed3 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Add your own tasks in files placed in lib/tasks ending in .rake,
 # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
 
+require 'rake/dsl_definition'
 require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
 
 Growstuff::Application.load_tasks