diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 7f63e416..72ce9dd5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -107,3 +107,14 @@ task :website => :clean do
     safe_system("tar -cvzf marionette-collective-org-#{Time.now.to_i}.tgz marionette-collective.org")
   end
 end
+
+desc 'run static analysis with rubocop'
+task(:rubocop) do
+  if RUBY_VERSION !~ /1.8/
+    require 'rubocop'
+    cli = RuboCop::CLI.new
+    cli.run(%w(-D -f s))
+  else
+    puts "Rubocop is disabled in ruby 1.8"
+  end
+end