diff --git a/recipes/gems.rb b/recipes/gems.rb
index 8bf23150..76ff3e99 100644
--- a/recipes/gems.rb
+++ b/recipes/gems.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   if prefer :continuous_testing, 'guard'
     add_gem 'guard-bundler', :group => :development
     add_gem 'guard-rails', :group => :development
-    add_gem 'guard-rspec', :group => :development
+    add_gem 'guard-rspec', :group => :development, :require => false
     add_gem 'rb-inotify', :group => :development, :require => false
     add_gem 'rb-fsevent', :group => :development, :require => false
     add_gem 'rb-fchange', :group => :development, :require => false