diff --git a/bin/rspec-puppet-init b/bin/rspec-puppet-init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c3b247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/rspec-puppet-init
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+$:.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[.. lib])
+
+require 'rspec-puppet'
+require 'optparse'
+
+options = {
+  :module_name => nil,
+}
+
+OptionParser.new do |opts|
+  opts.banner = "Usage: rspec-puppet-init [options]"
+
+  opts.on('-n', '--name NAME', 'The name of the module (override autodetection)') do |v|
+    options[:module_name] = v
+  end
+end.parse!
+
+RSpec::Puppet::Setup.run(options[:module_name])
diff --git a/lib/rspec-puppet.rb b/lib/rspec-puppet.rb
index 2d3c220..2333dfb 100644
--- a/lib/rspec-puppet.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec-puppet.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require 'puppet'
 require 'rspec'
 require 'rspec-puppet/matchers'
 require 'rspec-puppet/example'
+require 'rspec-puppet/setup'
 
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   c.add_setting :module_path, :default => '/etc/puppet/modules'
diff --git a/lib/rspec-puppet/setup.rb b/lib/rspec-puppet/setup.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faf2fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rspec-puppet/setup.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+require 'puppet'
+require 'fileutils'
+
+module RSpec::Puppet
+  class Setup
+    def self.run(module_name=nil)
+      unless is_module_dir?
+        $stderr.puts "Does not appear to be a Puppet module.  Aborting"
+        return false
+      end
+
+      if module_name.nil?
+        module_name = get_module_name
+        if module_name.nil?
+          $stderr.puts "Unable to determine module name.  Aborting"
+          return false
+        end
+      end
+
+      [
+        'spec',
+        'spec/classes',
+        'spec/defines',
+        'spec/functions',
+        'spec/hosts',
+        'spec/fixtures',
+        'spec/fixtures/manifests',
+        'spec/fixtures/modules',
+        "spec/fixtures/modules/#{module_name}",
+      ].each { |dir| safe_mkdir(dir) }
+
+      safe_touch('spec/fixtures/manifests/site.pp')
+
+      ['manifests','lib','files','templates'].each do |dir|
+        if File.exist? dir
+          safe_make_symlink("../../../../#{dir}", "spec/fixtures/modules/#{module_name}/#{dir}")
+        end
+      end
+
+      safe_create_spec_helper
+      safe_create_rakefile
+    end
+
+  protected
+    def self.get_module_name
+      p = Puppet::Parser::Lexer.new
+      module_name = nil
+      Dir["manifests/*.pp"].entries.each do |manifest|
+        p.string = File.read(manifest)
+        tokens = p.fullscan
+        i = tokens.index { |token| [:CLASS, :DEFINE].include? token.first }
+        unless i.nil?
+          module_name = tokens[i + 1].last[:value].split('::').first
+          break
+        end
+      end
+      module_name
+    end
+
+    def self.is_module_dir?
+      Dir["*"].entries.include? "manifests"
+    end
+
+    def self.safe_mkdir(dir)
+      if File.exists? dir
+        unless File.directory? dir
+          $stderr.puts "!! #{dir} already exists and is not a directory"
+        end
+      else
+        FileUtils.mkdir dir
+        puts " + #{dir}/"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.safe_touch(file)
+      if File.exists? file
+        unless File.file? file
+          $stderr.puts "!! #{file} already exists and is not a regular file"
+        end
+      else
+        FileUtils.touch file
+        puts " + #{file}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.safe_create_spec_helper
+      content = <<-EOF
+require 'rspec-puppet'
+
+fixture_path = File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, '..', '..', 'fixtures'))
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.module_path = File.join(fixture_path, 'modules')
+  c.manifest_dir = File.join(fixture_path, 'manifests')
+end
+EOF
+      if File.exists? 'spec/spec_helper.rb'
+        old_content = File.read('spec/spec_helper.rb')
+        if old_content != content
+          $stderr.puts "!! spec/spec_helper.rb already exists and differs from template"
+        end
+      else
+        File.open('spec/spec_helper.rb', 'w') do |f|
+          f.puts content
+        end
+        puts ' + spec/spec_helper.rb'
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.safe_make_symlink(source, target)
+      if File.exists? target
+        unless File.symlink? target
+          $stderr.puts "!! #{file} already exists and is not a symlink"
+        end
+      else
+        FileUtils.ln_s(source, target)
+        puts " + #{target}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.safe_create_rakefile
+      content = <<-EOF
+require 'rake'
+
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |t|
+  t.pattern = 'spec/*/*_spec.rb'
+end
+EOF
+      if File.exists? 'Rakefile'
+        old_content = File.read('Rakefile')
+        if old_content != content
+          $stderr.puts "!! Rakefile already exists and differs from template"
+        end
+      else
+        File.open('Rakefile', 'w') do |f|
+          f.puts content
+        end
+        puts ' + Rakefile'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/rspec-puppet.gemspec b/rspec-puppet.gemspec
index fa3cb0b..9beac82 100644
--- a/rspec-puppet.gemspec
+++ b/rspec-puppet.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary = 'RSpec tests for your Puppet manifests'
   s.description = 'RSpec tests for your Puppet manifests'
 
+  s.executables = ['rspec-puppet-init']
+
   s.files = [
+    'bin/rspec-puppet-init',
     'lib/rspec-puppet/example/class_example_group.rb',
     'lib/rspec-puppet/example/define_example_group.rb',
     'lib/rspec-puppet/example/function_example_group.rb',
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'lib/rspec-puppet/matchers/include_class.rb',
     'lib/rspec-puppet/matchers/run.rb',
     'lib/rspec-puppet/matchers.rb',
+    'lib/rspec-puppet/setup.rb',
     'lib/rspec-puppet/support.rb',
     'lib/rspec-puppet.rb',
     'LICENSE',