diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/gems.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/gems.nix
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+args : with args; 
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/35283/rubygems-1.1.1.tgz;
+    sha256 = "1qb4crmx1dihmk1am93ly437480jvp7lh4pbiwy5ir19hqnfh71b";
+  };
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  buildInputs = [ruby makeWrapper];
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  doInstall = FullDepEntry (''
+    ruby setup.rb --prefix=$out/
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/gem --prefix RUBYLIB : $out/lib:$out/lib
+  '') ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir"];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
+  phaseNames = ["doInstall"];
+      
+  name = "rubygems-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ruby package collection";
+  };
+}