diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 47bfaca4e..235edfd3c 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ begin
     gem.email = "support@onelogin.com"
     gem.homepage = "http://github.com/celoserpa/ruby-saml"
     gem.authors = ["OneLogin LLC"]
+    gem.add_dependency("XMLCanonicalizer",">= 1.0.1")
     #gem.add_development_dependency "thoughtbot-shoulda"
     #gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
   end
diff --git a/example/app/controllers/saml_controller.rb b/example/app/controllers/saml_controller.rb
index 137a171e4..2e9caae1d 100644
--- a/example/app/controllers/saml_controller.rb
+++ b/example/app/controllers/saml_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'onelogin/saml'
-
 class SamlController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token, :only => [:consume]  
 
diff --git a/ruby-saml.gemspec b/ruby-saml.gemspec
index a7d251a69..520c1a2f4 100644
--- a/ruby-saml.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-saml.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["OneLogin LLC"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-07-20}
+  s.date = %q{2010-07-22}
   s.description = %q{SAML toolkit for Ruby on Rails}
   s.email = %q{support@onelogin.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -102,8 +102,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<XMLCanonicalizer>, [">= 1.0.1"])
     else
+      s.add_dependency(%q<XMLCanonicalizer>, [">= 1.0.1"])
     end
   else
+    s.add_dependency(%q<XMLCanonicalizer>, [">= 1.0.1"])
   end
 end