1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/spec_helper.rb b/spec/ruby/spec_helper.rb
index e7873ce594..af1c385878 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use_realpath = File.respond_to?(:realpath)
-root = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+root = __dir__
 dir = "fixtures/code"
 CODE_LOADING_DIR = use_realpath ? File.realpath(dir, root) : File.expand_path(dir, root)
 
@@ -14,16 +14,25 @@ else
   end
 end
 
-# Running directly with ruby some_spec.rb
-unless ENV['MSPEC_RUNNER']
+unless ENV['MSPEC_RUNNER'] # Running directly with ruby some_spec.rb
+  mspec_lib = File.expand_path("../../mspec/lib", __FILE__)
+  $LOAD_PATH << mspec_lib if File.directory?(mspec_lib)
+
   begin
     require 'mspec'
     require 'mspec/commands/mspec-run'
   rescue LoadError
-    puts "Please add -Ipath/to/mspec/lib or install the MSpec gem to run the specs."
+    puts "Please add -Ipath/to/mspec/lib or clone mspec as a sibling to run the specs."
     exit 1
   end
+end
+
+# Compare with SpecVersion directly here so it works even with --unguarded
+if VersionGuard::FULL_RUBY_VERSION < SpecVersion.new('2.7')
+  abort "This version of ruby/spec requires Ruby 2.7+"
+end
 
+unless ENV['MSPEC_RUNNER'] # Running directly with ruby some_spec.rb
   ARGV.unshift $0
   MSpecRun.main
 end