diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4339ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+language: ruby
+rvm:
+  1.8.7
+script: rake compile:libxslt_ruby && rake test
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ff6ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Gem dependencies in gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ec6e10d..20044e5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ RDoc::Task.new("rdoc") do |rdoc|
   # Show source inline with line numbers
   rdoc.options << "--line-numbers"
   # Make the readme file the start page for the generated html
-  rdoc.options << '--main' << 'README'
+  rdoc.options << '--main' << 'README.rdoc'
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('doc/*.rdoc',
                           'ext/**/*.c',
                           'lib/**/*.rb',
                           'CHANGES',
-                          'README',
+                          'README.rdoc',
                           'LICENSE')
 end
 
diff --git a/libxslt-ruby.gemspec b/libxslt-ruby.gemspec
index 8c63782..e821967 100644
--- a/libxslt-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/libxslt-ruby.gemspec
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
                          'ext/vc/*.vcxproj',
                          'test/**/*'])
   spec.test_files = Dir.glob("test/test_*.rb")
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rdoc'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake-compiler'
-  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9.3'
+  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
   spec.date = DateTime.now
   spec.rubyforge_project = 'libxslt-ruby'
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end