diff --git a/lib/aequitas.rb b/lib/aequitas.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/aequitas.rb
+++ b/lib/aequitas.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
-if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.1'
+if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
   require 'backports'
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/suite.rb b/spec/suite.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/suite.rb
+++ b/spec/suite.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ spec_dir = File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH << spec_dir
 $LOAD_PATH << File.join(spec_dir,'integration')
 
+require 'aequitas'
+
 %w[unit integration].each do |spec_type|
   Dir[File.join(spec_dir, spec_type, '**', '*.rb')].each { |spec| require spec }
 end
Fix backport require conditional and require aequitas from spec_helper