diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3ede96cce..4c37d5ea1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -59,3 +59,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'coveralls', require: false
 end
 
+group :test do
+  gem 'email_spec'
+end
+
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bdeda8b6e..62be9aa71 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ GEM
       json
       thread
       thread_safe
+    email_spec (1.6.0)
+      launchy (~> 2.1)
+      mail (~> 2.2)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (2.5.2)
     factory_girl (4.5.0)
@@ -305,6 +308,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coveralls
   database_cleaner
   devise
+  email_spec
   factory_girl_rails
   foundation-rails
   i18n-tasks
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 156073f78..5a6bb5fcc 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'factory_girl_rails'
 require 'database_cleaner'
+require "email_spec"
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
@@ -7,7 +8,8 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.filter_run :focus
   config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
   config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
-
+  config.include(EmailSpec::Helpers)
+  config.include(EmailSpec::Matchers)
   config.before(:suite) do
     DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation
   end