diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03fa3ef..b7a885f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 pkg/
 spec/fixtures/
 Gemfile.lock
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*.patch
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f73773f..af9879b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ end
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper'
 gem 'puppet-lint'
+gem 'puppet-syntax'
 
 # vim:ft=ruby
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2ea7ed3..1e61a1f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
+require 'puppet-syntax/tasks/puppet-syntax'
 require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
 
 PuppetLint.configuration.send("disable_class_inherits_from_params_class")
 PuppetLint.configuration.send("disable_variable_scope")
 PuppetLint.configuration.ignore_paths = ["spec/**/*.pp", 'tests/**/*.pp']
 
-task :default => [:spec, :lint]
+task :default => [
+  :syntax,
+  :lint,
+  :spec,
+]
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b3aea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# == Class: module_skel
+#
+# simple template
+#
+# === Authors
+#
+# Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@cpan.org>
+#
+# === Copyright
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Joshua Hoblitt
+#
+
+class module_skel {
+
+}