diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/binaryprotocol_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/binaryprotocol_spec.rb
index c3ad5e1..c152d2a 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/binaryprotocol_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/binaryprotocol_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
 require 'thrift/protocol/binaryprotocol'
 
-class ThriftSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
+class ThriftBinaryProtocolSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
   include Thrift
 
   describe BinaryProtocol do
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/client_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/client_spec.rb
index f8e86e4..b92bbec 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/client_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/client_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
 
-class ThriftSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
+class ThriftClientSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
   include Thrift
 
   class ClientSpec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     @client = ClientSpec.new(@prot)
   end
 
-  describe "Client" do
+  describe Client do
     it "should re-use iprot for oprot if not otherwise specified" do
       @client.instance_variable_get(:'@iprot').should eql(@prot)
       @client.instance_variable_get(:'@oprot').should eql(@prot)
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/exception_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/exception_spec.rb
index 013f612..bbcf5e8 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/exception_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/exception_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
 
-class ThriftSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
+class ThriftExceptionSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
   include Thrift
 
   describe Exception do
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/processor_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/processor_spec.rb
index 24440e4..6bf2a45 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/processor_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/processor_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
 
-class ThriftSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
+class ThriftProcessorSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
   include Thrift
 
   class ProcessorSpec
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/protocol_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/protocol_spec.rb
index 6c08c43..0dbe869 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/protocol_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/protocol_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
 
-class ThriftSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
+class ThriftProtocolSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
   include Thrift
 
   before(:each) do
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb b/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb
index fc15741..0c7136b 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require 'rubygems'
+# require at least 1.1.4 to fix a bug with describing Modules
+gem 'rspec', '>= 1.1.4'
 require 'spec'
 
 # turn on deprecation so we can test it