diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
index 98e26a223b2..ee9b61259bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ let
     ver = version;
     tag = ver.gitTag;
     atLeast25 = lib.versionAtLeast ver.majMin "2.5";
+    atLeast27 = lib.versionAtLeast ver.majMin "2.7";
     baseruby = self.override {
       useRailsExpress = false;
       docSupport = false;
@@ -116,6 +117,12 @@ let
           cp ${config}/config.sub tool/
         '';
 
+        # Force the revision.h generation. Somehow `revision.tmp` is an empty
+        # file and because we don't add `git` to buildInputs, hence the check is
+        # always true.
+        # https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/97a5af62a318fcd93a4e5e4428d576c0280ddbae
+        buildFlags = lib.optionals atLeast27 [ "REVISION_LATEST=0" ];
+
         configureFlags = ["--enable-shared" "--enable-pthread" "--with-soname=ruby_${tag}"]
           ++ op useRailsExpress "--with-baseruby=${baseruby}/bin/ruby"
           ++ op (!docSupport) "--disable-install-doc"
@@ -246,4 +253,12 @@ in {
       git = "0pay6ic22ag3bnvxffhgwp7z6clkd0p93944a1l4lvc5hxc8v77j";
     };
   };
+
+  ruby_2_7 = generic {
+    version = rubyVersion "2" "7" "0" "";
+    sha256 = {
+      src = "1glc3zpnih6h8mrgfcak0aa7cgmi4zyvxfyi6y2brwg2nn9sm6cc";
+      git = "11iz64k95czs273mb10195d1j75mmbcgddfdx1vay5876ffw81dq";
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
index 6fbb33b27fc..4838a1a09e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.6/head/railsexpress/02-improve-gc-stats.patch"
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.6/head/railsexpress/03-more-detailed-stacktrace.patch"
   ];
+  "2.7.0" = ops useRailsExpress [ # no patches yet (2019-12-25)
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 955bea68187..9fc2ea23b17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9352,7 +9352,8 @@ in
   })
     ruby_2_4
     ruby_2_5
-    ruby_2_6;
+    ruby_2_6
+    ruby_2_7;
 
   rubyMinimal = ruby.override {
     # gem support is minimal overhead