diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e416616..6202c68 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'rake', require: false
 gem 'puppet-lint', require: false
+gem 'puppet-syntax', require: false
+gem 'puppet', require: false
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c27c634..5de4334 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'puppet-syntax/tasks/puppet-syntax'
 require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
 
 # Clear any previous definition of the rake task named 'lint'.
@@ -7,3 +8,6 @@ Rake::Task[:lint].clear
 PuppetLint::RakeTask.new :lint do |config|
   config.ignore_paths = [ "vendor/**/*" ]
 end
+
+# puppet syntax check
+PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths = ["vendor/**/*"]