diff --git a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
index 08182ad8..727885f0 100644
--- a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
   # ignore
 end
 
+begin
+  require 'puppet-strings/tasks'
+rescue LoadError
+  # ignore
+end
+
 parallel_tests_loaded = false
 begin
   require 'parallel_tests'
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@
                     '%s-%s%04d-%s' % [version, 'r', build, sha]
                   else
                     '%s-%04d-%s' % [version, build, sha]
-                                end
+                  end
                 else
                   "#{version}-#{sha}"
                 end