1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 6f2ff592a..416bafbc4 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # Rakefile for Puppet -*- ruby -*-
 
-$: << File.expand_path('lib')
 $LOAD_PATH << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tasks')
 
-require 'puppet.rb'
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 
+module Puppet
+    PUPPETVERSION = File.read('lib/puppet.rb')[/PUPPETVERSION *= *'(.*)'/,1] or fail "Couldn't find PUPPETVERSION"
+end
+
 Dir['tasks/**/*.rake'].each { |t| load t }
 
 FILES = FileList[