diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.gem
+Gemfile.lock
+Gemfile.bak
+.bundle
+vendor
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+++ b/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+gemspec
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 JDBC output plugin for Logstash.
 This plugin is provided as an external plugin and is not part of the Logstash project.
 
-Currently untested with logstash 1.5+. Support is planned.
-
 ## Warning
+The master branch is for 1.5, is currently incomplete and should NOT be used (yet).
+
+Please see the v1.4 branch for v1.4 of Logstash.
+
 This has not yet been extensively tested with all JDBC drivers and may not yet work for you.
 
 ## Installation
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "logstash/devutils/rake"
diff --git a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
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+++ b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = 'logstash-output-jdbc'
+  s.version = "0.1.0"
+  s.licenses = [ "Apache License (2.0)" ]
+  s.summary = "This plugin allows you to output to SQL, via JDBC"
+  s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
+  s.authors = ["the_angry_angel"]
+  s.email = "karl+github@theangryangel.co.uk"
+  s.homepage = "https://github.com/theangryangel/logstash-output-jdbc"
+  s.require_paths = [ "lib" ]
+
+  # Files
+  s.files = `git ls-files`.split($\)
+   # Tests
+  s.test_files = s.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+
+  # Special flag to let us know this is actually a logstash plugin
+  s.metadata = { "logstash_plugin" => "true", "logstash_group" => "output" }
+
+  # Gem dependencies
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core", ">= 1.4.0", "< 2.0.0"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-codec-plain"
+  s.add_development_dependency "logstash-devutils"
+end