diff --git a/templates/ruby/template b/templates/ruby/template
index 1cdaed2137..c6415a4e99 100644
--- a/templates/ruby/template
+++ b/templates/ruby/template
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 # Template build file for 'ruby'.
 pkgname=ruby
-version=1.8.7-p72
-distfiles="
-ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+ruby_distpatchver="p0"
+ruby_distver="1.9.1-${ruby_distpatchver}"
+version=1.9.1${ruby_distpatchver}
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${ruby_distver}"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/$pkgname-${ruby_distver}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 # Override --exec-prefix to install it into the correct location.
-configure_args="--enable-pthread --enable-shared
+configure_args="--enable-pthread --enable-shared --disable-rpath
  --exec-prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr"
 short_desc="Ruby programming language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=a8f8a28e286dd76747d8e97ea5cfe7a315eb896906ab8c8606d687d9f6f6146e
+checksum=a5485951823c8c22ddf6100fc9e10c7bfc85fb5a4483844033cee0fad9e292cc
 long_desc="
  Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and
  easy object-oriented programming.  It has many features to
  process text files and to do system management tasks (as in
  Perl).  It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible."
 
-run_depends="glibc-2.8"
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full gdbm
+Add_dependency full openssl
+Add_dependency full zlib
+Add_dependency build ncurses
+Add_dependency run ncurses-libs