diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d39aeaf10bbd5f477d8fd756b4e6a6fe4750e7f2..8680999b59f06ddbd032ffd5abaa3099408b4621 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'hoe'
 require 'erb'
+require 'rake/extensiontask'
+
 require './lib/fox16/version.rb'
 
 # Some constants we'll need
@@ -250,3 +252,5 @@ end
 task :generate_kwargs_lib do
   ruby 'scripts/generate_kwargs_lib.rb'
 end
+
+Rake::ExtensionTask.new("fox16")
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