diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 61737af6..73fbb166 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'rspec-puppet', '~> 2.0.0', :require => false
   gem 'beaker-rspec', '~> 2.2.4', :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-param-docs'
+  gem 'metadata-json-lint'
   gem 'json'
   gem 'webmock'
   gem 'minitest', :require => false
diff --git a/Gemfile-rspec-system b/Gemfile-rspec-system
index 24dedce4..9f9816d6 100644
--- a/Gemfile-rspec-system
+++ b/Gemfile-rspec-system
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', :require => false
   gem 'rspec-puppet', '~> 2.0.0', :require => false
+  gem 'metadata-json-lint'
   gem 'puppet-lint-param-docs'
   gem 'rspec-system', :git => 'https://github.com/aldavud/rspec-system.git', :branch => 'master'
   gem 'rspec-system-puppet', :git => 'https://github.com/aldavud/rspec-system-puppet.git', :branch => 'master'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2b3958aa..b38f8569 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
 require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
+require 'metadata-json-lint/rake_task'
 
 begin
   require 'rspec-system/rake_task'