diff --git a/gems.gemspec b/gems.gemspec
index ee2d49b..5c1413b 100644
--- a/gems.gemspec
+++ b/gems.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
-require File.expand_path('../lib/gems/version', __FILE__)
+# coding: utf-8
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'gems/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.0'