Rakefile in ballast-2.2.2 vs Rakefile in ballast-2.2.3

@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@
 #
 
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
 require "rspec/core/rake_task"
 
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec")
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec:coverage") { |t| t.ruby_opts = "-r./spec/coverage_helper" }
+# Compatibility layer for Rake 11.0
+Rake.application.class.send(:alias_method, :last_comment, :last_description) unless Rake.application.respond_to?(:last_comment)
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec") do |t|
+  t.ruby_opts = ENV.fetch("RUBY_OPTS", "").to_s
+  t.rspec_opts = ENV.fetch("RSPEC_OPTS", "").to_s
+end
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec:coverage") do |t|
+  t.ruby_opts = ENV.fetch("RUBY_OPTS", "").to_s + " -r./spec/coverage_helper"
+  t.rspec_opts = ENV.fetch("RSPEC_OPTS", "").to_s
+end
 
 desc "Generate the documentation"
 task :docs do
   system("yardoc") || raise("Failed Execution of: yardoc")
 end