diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e3196705..507a4902 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -298,3 +298,7 @@
 	path = vim/bundle/timcharper-textile
   url = https://github.com/timcharper/textile.vim.git
   ignore = dirty
+[submodule "vim/bundle/vim-scripts-Specky"]
+	path = vim/bundle/vim-scripts-Specky
+	url = https://github.com/vim-scripts/Specky.git
+  ignore = dirty
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42d1966e..89974860 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ files contain key mappings as well (TODO: probably will move them out to skwp-ke
  * vim-indent-guides - visual indent guides, off by default
  * color_highlight - use :ColorCodes to see hex colors highlighted
  * change-inside-surroundings - change content inside delimiters like quotes/brackets
+ * Specky - used for color highlighting rspec correctly even if specs live outside of spec/ (rails.vim doesn't handle this)
 
 #### General enhancements that don't add new commands
 
diff --git a/vim/bundle/vim-scripts-Specky b/vim/bundle/vim-scripts-Specky
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..b6415ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/bundle/vim-scripts-Specky
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b6415ac2ca85238c224e8bb831bd88b4bfeacf91
diff --git a/vim/plugin/settings/solarized.vim b/vim/plugin/settings/solarized.vim
index 6b8d55e5..295e56e0 100644
--- a/vim/plugin/settings/solarized.vim
+++ b/vim/plugin/settings/solarized.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 hi! link txtBold Identifier
 hi! link zshVariableDef Identifier
 hi! link zshFunction Function
+hi! link rubyControl Statement
+hi! link rspecGroupMethods rubyControl
+hi! link rspecMocks Identifier
+hi! link rspecKeywords Identifier
+hi! link rubyLocalVariableOrMethod Normal
+hi! link rubyStringDelimiter Constant
+hi! link rubyString Constant
+hi! link rubyAccess Todo
+hi! link rubySymbol Identifier
+
+" Enforce the colors set here
+au VimEnter * so ~/.vim/plugin/settings/solarized.vim