diff --git a/puppet-openstack_infra_spec_helper.gemspec b/puppet-openstack_infra_spec_helper.gemspec
index 92bb07a..366cf75 100644
--- a/puppet-openstack_infra_spec_helper.gemspec
+++ b/puppet-openstack_infra_spec_helper.gemspec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   # dependencies that are needed to run puppet-lint
+  spec.add_dependency 'puppet', ['3.0']
   spec.add_dependency 'puppetlabs_spec_helper'
   spec.add_dependency 'metadata-json-lint'
   spec.add_dependency 'puppet-lint-absolute_classname-check'