diff --git a/tasks/spec.rake b/tasks/spec.rake
index 39020fa7cc..8565bf8f29 100644
--- a/tasks/spec.rake
+++ b/tasks/spec.rake
@@ -10,5 +10,20 @@ begin
     end
   end
   task :spec => "spec:plugins:redmine_costs"
+
+  begin
+    require 'ci/reporter/rake/rspec'     # use this if you're using RSpec
+    require 'ci/reporter/rake/test_unit' # use this if you're using Test::Unit
+    task :"spec:plugins:redmine_costs:ci" => ["ci:setup:rspec", "spec:plugins:redmine_costs"]
+  rescue LoadError
+    puts <<-EOS
+      Missing the CI Reporter gem. This is not fatal.
+      If you want XML output for the CI, execute
+
+          gem install ci_reporter
+
+    EOS
+  end
+
 rescue LoadError
 end
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