diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index cd3d3799..3adf8337 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
+require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
+
+PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_80chars')
+PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_class_parameter_defaults')