diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fc040ce08c87024ae40b64b108f9c94722cdff1e..8da55b109562433a1d577939b21555bccfd67776 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ group :assets do
 end
 
 group :development do
+  gem 'letter_opener'
   gem 'rails-footnotes', '>= 3.7.5.rc4'
   gem 'annotate', :git => 'git://github.com/ctran/annotate_models.git'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 83df35b52afc1e3e7e1f99c5237ba7f766eb5b42..f66e832e4a6740dac90df83841b1d907f0915062 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ GEM
       rails (>= 3.0.0)
     launchy (2.0.5)
       addressable (~> 2.2.6)
+    letter_opener (0.0.2)
+      launchy
     libv8 (3.3.10.2)
     linecache19 (0.5.12)
       ruby_core_source (>= 0.1.4)
@@ -262,6 +264,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jquery-rails
   kaminari
   launchy
+  letter_opener
   pygments.rb (= 0.2.3)
   rails (= 3.1.0)
   rails-footnotes (>= 3.7.5.rc4)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 9e5bf8215e74b24ab989daac91f055c950f68652..173bfc74c7c605cd6743155484767e074f36d7bb 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@
   config.assets.debug = true
 
   config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => 'localhost:3000' }
+  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :letter_opener
 end