diff --git a/rakefile b/rakefile
index 955c32aea..161d8a456 100644
--- a/rakefile
+++ b/rakefile
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ end
 
 desc "Run integration unit tests"
 task :integration => ["install"] do
+  Rake::Task['beef_start'].invoke
   sh "cd test/integration;ruby -W0 ts_integration.rb"
+  Rake::Task['beef_stop'].invoke
 end
 
 desc "Run integration unit tests"
@@ -50,6 +52,28 @@ task :install do
   sh "bundle > /dev/null"
 end
 
+################################
+# BeEF environment set up
+
+@beef_process_id = nil;
+
+task :beef_start => 'beef' do
+  printf "Starting BeEF (wait 10 seconds)..."
+  @beef_process_id = IO.popen("./beef -x 2> /dev/null", "w+")
+  delays = [2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0.5, 0.5 , 0.5, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.05, 0.05]
+  delays.each do |i| # delay for 10 seconds
+    printf '.'
+    sleep (i) # increase the . display rate
+  end
+  puts '.'
+end
+
+task :beef_stop do
+  puts "\nShutting down BeEF...\n"
+  puts @beef_process_id.pid
+  Process.kill 'INT', -Process.getpgrp
+end
+
 ################################
 # MSF environment set up