diff --git a/lang/ruby/Makefile b/lang/ruby/Makefile
index dfdac6f91..ce622084b 100644
--- a/lang/ruby/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ruby/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ruby
 PKG_VERSION:=2.1.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 
 PKG_LIBVER:=2.1
 
diff --git a/lang/ruby/patches/002-minitest-remove_gems_dep.patch b/lang/ruby/patches/002-minitest-remove_gems_dep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f53490eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/ruby/patches/002-minitest-remove_gems_dep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- ruby-2.1.2.orig/lib/minitest/autorun.rb	2014-09-03 02:22:29.769909573 -0300
++++ ruby-2.1.2/lib/minitest/autorun.rb	2014-09-03 02:22:29.768909580 -0300
+@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
+ ######################################################################
+ 
+ begin
+-  require 'rubygems'
+   gem 'minitest'
++rescue NameError => e # --disable-gems
++  raise unless e.name == :gem
+ rescue Gem::LoadError
+   # do nothing
+ end