diff --git a/spec/monkey_patches/add_confine_and_runnable_to_rspec_dsl.rb b/spec/monkey_patches/add_confine_and_runnable_to_rspec_dsl.rb
index 27cd6b3df..e6b1bf9c7 100644
--- a/spec/monkey_patches/add_confine_and_runnable_to_rspec_dsl.rb
+++ b/spec/monkey_patches/add_confine_and_runnable_to_rspec_dsl.rb
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 dir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 [ "#{dir}/../../lib", "#{dir}/../../test/lib"].each do |dir|
         fulldir = File.expand_path(dir)
         $LOAD_PATH.unshift(fulldir) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(fulldir)
 end
 
 require 'spec'
 require 'puppettest'
 require 'puppettest/runnable_test'
 
 module Spec
     module Runner
         class ExampleGroupRunner
             def run
                 prepare
                 success = true
                 example_groups.each do |example_group|
                     unless example_group.runnable?
                         warn "Skipping unsuitable example group %s: %s" % [example_group.description, example_group.messages.join(", ")]
                         next
                     end
-                    success = success & example_group.run
+                    success = success & example_group.run(@options)
                 end
                 return success
             ensure
                 finish
             end
         end
     end
 end
 
 module Spec
     module Example
         class ExampleGroup
             extend PuppetTest::RunnableTest
         end
     end
 end
 
 module Test
     module Unit
         class TestCase
             extend PuppetTest::RunnableTest
         end
     end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 41b5e7443..e3afd6f3e 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,47 +1,48 @@
 dir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift("#{dir}/")
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift("#{dir}/../lib")
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift("#{dir}/../test/lib")  # Add the old test dir, so that we can still find our local mocha and spec
 
 # include any gems in vendor/gems
 Dir["#{dir}/../vendor/gems/**"].each do |path| 
     libpath = File.join(path, "lib")
     if File.directory?(libpath)
         $LOAD_PATH.unshift(libpath)
     else
         $LOAD_PATH.unshift(path)
     end
 end
 
 require 'puppettest'
 require 'puppettest/runnable_test'
 require 'mocha'
+gem 'rspec', '=1.2.2'
 require 'spec'
 
 # load any monkey-patches
 Dir["#{dir}/monkey_patches/*.rb"].map { |file| require file }
 
 Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
     config.mock_with :mocha
 
 #  config.prepend_before :all do
 #      setup_mocks_for_rspec
 #      setup() if respond_to? :setup
 #  end
 #
 #  config.prepend_after :all do
 #      teardown() if respond_to? :teardown
 #  end
 end
 
 # Set the confdir and vardir to gibberish so that tests
 # have to be correctly mocked.
 Puppet[:confdir] = "/dev/null"
 Puppet[:vardir] = "/dev/null"
 
 # We need this because the RAL uses 'should' as a method.  This
 # allows us the same behaviour but with a different method name.
 class Object
     alias :must :should
 end