diff --git a/scrapy_autounit/middleware.py b/scrapy_autounit/middleware.py
index 551b727..ef1f636 100644
--- a/scrapy_autounit/middleware.py
+++ b/scrapy_autounit/middleware.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
 from scrapy.commands.genspider import sanitize_module_name
-from scrapy.spiders import CrawlSpider
 
 from .utils import (
     add_sample,
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
     create_dir,
     parse_callback_result,
     clear_fixtures,
+    get_filter_attrs,
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -73,15 +73,12 @@ def from_crawler(cls, crawler):
         return cls(crawler)
 
     def process_spider_input(self, response, spider):
-        filter_args = {'crawler', 'settings', 'start_urls'}
-        if isinstance(spider, CrawlSpider):
-            filter_args |= {'rules', '_rules'}
         response.meta['_autounit'] = pickle.dumps({
             'request': parse_request(response.request, spider),
             'response': response_to_dict(response),
             'spider_args': {
                 k: v for k, v in spider.__dict__.items()
-                if k not in filter_args
+                if k not in get_filter_attrs(spider)
             },
             'middlewares': get_middlewares(spider),
         })
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ def process_spider_output(self, response, result, spider):
         callback_name = request['callback']
         spider_attr_out = {
             k: v for k, v in spider.__dict__.items()
-            if k not in ('crawler', 'settings', 'start_urls')
+            if k not in get_filter_attrs(spider)
         }
 
         data = {
diff --git a/scrapy_autounit/utils.py b/scrapy_autounit/utils.py
index 24f3077..be12882 100644
--- a/scrapy_autounit/utils.py
+++ b/scrapy_autounit/utils.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import six
 from scrapy import signals
 from scrapy.crawler import Crawler
+from scrapy.spiders import CrawlSpider
 from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
 from scrapy.http import Request, Response
 from scrapy.item import Item
@@ -100,6 +101,13 @@ def get_or_create_test_dir(base_path, spider_name, callback_name, extra=None):
     return test_dir, test_name
 
 
+def get_filter_attrs(spider):
+    attrs = {'crawler', 'settings', 'start_urls'}
+    if isinstance(spider, CrawlSpider):
+        attrs |= {'rules', '_rules'}
+    return attrs
+
+
 def add_sample(index, test_dir, test_name, data):
     encoding = data['response']['encoding']
     filename = 'fixture%s.bin' % str(index)
@@ -182,6 +190,10 @@ def parse_request(request, spider):
     _request = request_to_dict(request, spider=spider)
     if not _request['callback']:
         _request['callback'] = 'parse'
+    elif isinstance(spider, CrawlSpider):
+        rule = request.meta.get('rule')
+        if rule is not None:
+            _request['callback'] = spider.rules[rule].callback
 
     clean_headers(_request['headers'], spider.settings)
 
@@ -375,7 +387,7 @@ def test(self):
         )
         result_attr_in = {
             k: v for k, v in spider.__dict__.items()
-            if k not in ('crawler', 'settings', 'start_urls')
+            if k not in get_filter_attrs(spider)
         }
         self.assertEqual(spider_args_in, result_attr_in,
                          'Input arguments not equal!')
@@ -427,7 +439,7 @@ def test(self):
         # Spider attributes get updated after the yield
         result_attr_out = {
             k: v for k, v in spider.__dict__.items()
-            if k not in ('crawler', 'settings', 'start_urls')
+            if k not in get_filter_attrs(spider)
         }
 
         self.assertEqual(data['spider_args_out'], result_attr_out,