diff --git a/inspec-bin/Gemfile b/inspec-bin/Gemfile
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index 000000000..129149897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inspec-bin/Gemfile
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+source "https://rubygems.org"
+gemspec
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diff --git a/inspec-bin/LICENSE b/inspec-bin/LICENSE
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index 000000000..06da87657
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+++ b/inspec-bin/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2019 Chef Software Inc.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
diff --git a/bin/inspec b/inspec-bin/bin/inspec
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rename from bin/inspec
rename to inspec-bin/bin/inspec
diff --git a/inspec-bin/inspec-bin.gemspec b/inspec-bin/inspec-bin.gemspec
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index 000000000..b3ac4c07f
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+++ b/inspec-bin/inspec-bin.gemspec
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+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'inspec/version' # Always match inspec version
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = 'inspec-bin'
+  spec.version       = Inspec::VERSION
+  spec.authors       = ['Chef InSpec Core Engineering ']
+  spec.email         = ['inspec@chef.io']
+  spec.summary       = 'Infrastructure and compliance testing.'
+  spec.description   = 'InSpec executable for inspec gem. Use of this executable requires a commercial relationship Chef Software.'
+  spec.homepage      = 'https://github.com/inspec/inspec'
+  spec.license       = 'Apache-2.0'
+
+  # the gemfile and gemspec are necessary for appbundler so don't remove it
+  spec.files = %w{Gemfile inspec-bin.gemspec LICENSE} + Dir.glob(
+    '{bin,lib}/**/*', File::FNM_DOTMATCH
+  ).reject { |f| File.directory?(f) }
+
+  spec.require_paths = ['lib']
+
+  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.4'
+end