diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
index ee9b61259bb..a87131ff40b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ let
   opString = lib.optionalString;
   patchSet = import ./rvm-patchsets.nix { inherit fetchFromGitHub; };
   config = import ./config.nix { inherit fetchFromSavannah; };
-  rubygems = import ./rubygems { inherit stdenv lib fetchurl; };
+  rubygems = import ./rubygems { inherit stdenv lib fetchurl fetchpatch; };
 
   # Contains the ruby version heuristics
   rubyVersion = import ./ruby-version.nix { inherit lib; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/rubygems/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/rubygems/default.nix
index dd1db5a8450..3caac2447e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/rubygems/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/rubygems/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rubygems";
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./0001-add-post-extract-hook.patch
     ./0002-binaries-with-env-shebang.patch
     ./0003-gem-install-default-to-user.patch
+
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/0af4d2d369ff580ef54839ec15a8c7ec419978cb.patch";
+      sha256 = "13gyfxn4rmxq1dbxq5rzphnhagn8n8kpp8lb9h6h4s9d4zaklax9";
+    })
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''