diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2fcca030..656bc529 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,24 +1,7 @@
 require "rubygems"
 require "rubygems/package_task"
 
-PROJ_VERSION = "2.23.3"
-
-spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name = "choria-mcorpc-support"
-  s.version = PROJ_VERSION
-  s.license = "Apache-2.0"
-  s.author = "R.I.Pienaar"
-  s.email = "rip@devco.net"
-  s.homepage = "https://choria.io/"
-  s.summary = "Support libraries the Choria Server"
-  s.description = "Libraries enabling Ruby support for the Choria Orchestration Server"
-  s.files = FileList["{lib,bin}/**/*"].to_a
-  s.require_path = "lib"
-  s.bindir = "bin"
-  s.executables = ["mco"]
-  s.add_dependency "systemu", "~> 2.6", ">= 2.6.4"
-  s.add_dependency "nats-pure", "~> 0.6"
-end
+spec = Gem::Specification.load('mcorpc-ruby-support.gemspec')
 
 Gem::PackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg|
   pkg.need_tar = false
diff --git a/mcorpc-ruby-support.gemspec b/mcorpc-ruby-support.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..870db3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mcorpc-ruby-support.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require "rake"
+
+PROJ_VERSION = "2.23.3"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = "choria-mcorpc-support"
+  s.version = PROJ_VERSION
+  s.license = "Apache-2.0"
+  s.author = "R.I.Pienaar"
+  s.email = "rip@devco.net"
+  s.homepage = "https://choria.io/"
+  s.summary = "Support libraries the Choria Server"
+  s.description = "Libraries enabling Ruby support for the Choria Orchestration Server"
+  s.files = FileList["{lib,bin}/**/*"].to_a
+  s.require_path = "lib"
+  s.bindir = "bin"
+  s.executables = ["mco"]
+  s.add_dependency "systemu", "~> 2.6", ">= 2.6.4"
+  s.add_dependency "nats-pure", "~> 0.6"
+end