diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9161e3cc..f5b005b8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ else
   gem 'rake', :require => false
 end
 
+if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.8.7' and RUBY_VERSION < '2.0'
+  gem 'json', '~> 1.0'
+end
+
 if facterversion = ENV['FACTER_GEM_VERSION']
   gem 'facter', facterversion, :require => false
 else
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1f6c81f0..28d00a1e 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ end
 PuppetLint.configuration.fail_on_warnings
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('relative')
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_80chars')
+PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_140chars')
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_class_inherits_from_params_class')
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_class_parameter_defaults')
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_documentation')
@@ -36,4 +37,4 @@ task :test => [
   :syntax,
   :lint,
   :spec,
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/manifests/pip.pp b/manifests/pip.pp
index b50d7efb..70560a6d 100644
--- a/manifests/pip.pp
+++ b/manifests/pip.pp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
   $python_provider = getparam(Class['python'], 'provider')
   $python_version  = getparam(Class['python'], 'version')
-  
+
   # Get SCL exec prefix
   # NB: this will not work if you are running puppet from scl enabled shell
   $exec_prefix = $python_provider ? {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     'rhscl' => "scl enable ${python_version} -- ",
     default => '',
   }
-  
+
   # Parameter validation
   if ! $virtualenv {
     fail('python::pip: virtualenv parameter must not be empty')