diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fc221439..5ad0760c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ source ENV['GEM_SOURCE'] || "https://rubygems.org"
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper',               :require => 'false'
   gem 'rspec-puppet', '~> 2.2.0',             :require => 'false'
+  gem 'rspec-puppet-facts',                   :require => 'false'
   gem 'metadata-json-lint',                   :require => 'false'
   gem 'puppet-lint-param-docs',               :require => 'false'
   gem 'puppet-lint-absolute_classname-check', :require => 'false'
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'puppet-lint-numericvariable',          :require => 'false'
   gem 'json',                                 :require => 'false'
   gem 'webmock',                              :require => 'false'
+  gem 'puppet-openstack_spec_helper',
+      :git => 'https://git.openstack.org/openstack/puppet-openstack_spec_helper',
+      :require => false
 end
 
 group :system_tests do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3df4cede..bd97904b 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@ require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'
 require 'shared_examples'
 require 'webmock/rspec'
 
+require 'puppet-openstack_spec_helper/defaults'
+require 'rspec-puppet-facts'
+include RspecPuppetFacts
+
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   c.alias_it_should_behave_like_to :it_configures, 'configures'
   c.alias_it_should_behave_like_to :it_raises, 'raises'
+  # TODO(aschultz): remove this after all tests converted to use OSDefaults
+  # instead of referencing @default_facts
+  c.before :each do
+    @default_facts = OSDefaults.get_facts
+  end
 end
 
 at_exit { RSpec::Puppet::Coverage.report! }