diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b13b07aa7..e8aaec961 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'spring-commands-rspec', '~> 1.0.2'
   gem 'guard',                 '~> 2.6.1' # run tests automatically
   gem 'guard-rspec',           '~> 4.3.1'
+  gem 'guard-rails',           '~> 0.7.0' # run EPP server automatically
   gem 'rubocop',               '~> 0.26.1'
   gem 'guard-rubocop',         '~> 1.1.0'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b270e28ef..0108658db 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ GEM
       lumberjack (~> 1.0)
       pry (>= 0.9.12)
       thor (>= 0.18.1)
+    guard-rails (0.7.0)
+      guard (~> 2.0)
     guard-rspec (4.3.1)
       guard (~> 2.1)
       rspec (>= 2.14, < 4.0)
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   faker (~> 1.3.0)
   grape (~> 0.10.1)
   guard (~> 2.6.1)
+  guard-rails (~> 0.7.0)
   guard-rspec (~> 4.3.1)
   guard-rubocop (~> 1.1.0)
   haml-rails (~> 0.6.0)
diff --git a/Guardfile b/Guardfile
index c03e7c426..0d4ca4b62 100644
--- a/Guardfile
+++ b/Guardfile
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 group :red_green_refactor, halt_on_fail: true do
+  # start test EPP server automatically on port 8989, 
+  # be sure you have apache2 configured to
+  # accept EPP request on port 701, what proxy to 8989.
+  # port and environment is just for correct notification, all is overwritten by CLI
+  guard :rails, port: 8989, environment: 'test', CLI: 'RAILS_ENV=test unicorn -p 8989' do
+    watch('Gemfile.lock')
+    watch(%r{^(config|lib)/.*})
+  end
+
   guard :rspec, cmd: 'bundle exec rspec', notification: false do
     watch(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$})
     watch(%r{^lib/(.+)\.rb$})     { |m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }