diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/chruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/chruby/default.nix
index 2011a2c9903..0569dc2abdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/chruby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/chruby/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, runCommand, rubies ? null }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  rubiesEnv = runCommand "chruby-env" { preferLocalBuild = true; } ''
+    mkdir $out
+    ${lib.concatStrings
+        (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: path: "ln -s ${path} $out/${name}\n") rubies)}
+  '';
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "chruby";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -10,7 +17,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1iq9milnnj3189yw02hkly2pnnh4g0vn2fxq6dfx90kldjwpwxq5";
   };
 
-  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" "fixupPhase" ];
+  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "patchPhase" "installPhase" "fixupPhase" ];
+
+  patches = lib.optionalString (rubies != null) [
+    ./env.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString (rubies != null) ''
+    substituteInPlace share/chruby/chruby.sh --replace "@rubiesEnv@" ${rubiesEnv}
+  '';
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir $out
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/chruby/env.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/chruby/env.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a4ef8b7349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/chruby/env.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/share/chruby/chruby.sh b/share/chruby/chruby.sh
+--- a/share/chruby/chruby.sh
++++ b/share/chruby/chruby.sh
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ CHRUBY_VERSION="0.3.8"
+ RUBIES=()
+ 
+-for dir in "$PREFIX/opt/rubies" "$HOME/.rubies"; do
++for dir in @rubiesEnv@; do
+ 	[[ -d "$dir" && -n "$(ls -A "$dir")" ]] && RUBIES+=("$dir"/*)
+ done
+ unset dir
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e835c632d63..513431f29cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4270,7 +4270,7 @@ let
 
   chrpath = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/chrpath { };
 
-  chruby = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/chruby { };
+  chruby = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/chruby { rubies = null; };
 
   "cl-launch" = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cl-launch {};