diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a582a4fc..1afd28ab 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 source "http://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
-#bundle fails on the rspec gemspec requirement without this line
-gem 'rspec', '< 2.11'
-
 unless ENV["TRAVIS"]
   group :debug do
     gem 'debugger'
diff --git a/jasmine.gemspec b/jasmine.gemspec
index 03dd8731..361296f0 100644
--- a/jasmine.gemspec
+++ b/jasmine.gemspec
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'jasmine-core', ">= 1.2.0"
   s.add_dependency 'rack', '~> 1.0'
-  s.add_dependency 'rspec', '>= 1.3.1', '< 2.11.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'rspec', '>= 1.3.1'
   s.add_dependency 'selenium-webdriver', '>= 0.1.3'
 end
diff --git a/lib/jasmine/rspec_formatter.rb b/lib/jasmine/rspec_formatter.rb
index 6b92bf93..72510390 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine/rspec_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine/rspec_formatter.rb
@@ -9,24 +9,22 @@ def format_results(results)
     end
 
     def declare_suites(suites)
-      me = self
       suites.each do |suite|
-        declare_suite(self, suite)
+        #empty block for rspec 1
+        group = example_group(suite["name"]) {}
+        process_children(group, suite["children"])
       end
     end
 
-    def declare_suite(parent, suite)
-      me = self
-      parent.describe suite["name"] do
-        suite["children"].each do |suite_or_spec|
-          type = suite_or_spec["type"]
-          if type == "suite"
-            me.declare_suite(self, suite_or_spec)
-          elsif type == "spec"
-            me.declare_spec(self, suite_or_spec)
-          else
-            raise "unknown type #{type} for #{suite_or_spec.inspect}"
-          end
+    def process_children(parent, children)
+      children.each do |suite_or_spec|
+        type = suite_or_spec["type"]
+        if type == "suite"
+          process_children(parent.describe(suite_or_spec["name"]), suite_or_spec["children"])
+        elsif type == "spec"
+          declare_spec(parent, suite_or_spec)
+        else
+          raise "unknown type #{type} for #{suite_or_spec.inspect}"
         end
       end
     end
@@ -77,6 +75,14 @@ def report_spec(spec_id)
 
     private
 
+    def example_group(*args, &block)
+      if Jasmine::Dependencies.rspec2?
+        RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.describe(*args, &block).register
+      else
+        Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.create_example_group(*args, &block)
+      end
+    end
+
     def results_for(spec_id)
       @results.for_spec_id(spec_id.to_s)
     end