diff --git a/easy-deployment.gemspec b/easy-deployment.gemspec
index 62429d1..1cf3613 100644
--- a/easy-deployment.gemspec
+++ b/easy-deployment.gemspec
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'bundler'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.0'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'capistrano-spec'
 end
diff --git a/spec/backup_spec.rb b/spec/backup_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca5f385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/backup_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'capistrano'
+
+describe Easy::Deployment, "Easy Deployment backup tasks" do
+
+  before do
+    @config = Capistrano::Configuration.new
+    @config.extend(Capistrano::Spec::ConfigurationExtension)
+  end
+
+  it "should create a backup directory" do
+
+    @config.load do
+      require 'easy/deployment/backup'
+
+      set :shared_path, 'rspec'
+    end
+
+    @config.find_and_execute_task('easy:backup:setup')
+
+    @config.should have_run "mkdir -p rspec/backup/data"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3ee85fc..29b2ec0 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 
 require 'easy-deployment'
 
+require 'capistrano-spec'
+
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.mock_with :rspec
+
+  config.include Capistrano::Spec::Matchers
+  config.include Capistrano::Spec::Helpers
 end