diff --git a/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-1.9.1.bep b/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-1.9.1.bep
index bf3f3df22..3221bf8de 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-1.9.1.bep
+++ b/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-1.9.1.bep
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p243.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="515bfd965814e718c0943abf3dde5494"
 REVISION="2"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND="dev-lang/ruby >= 1.8.7"
+DEPEND="dev-libs/libedit >= 20100424"
 BUILD {
 	cd ruby-1.9.1-p243
 	autoconf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ INSTALL {
 	cd ruby-1.9.1-p243
 	make install
 }
+
 LICENSE="Ruby
 	GNU GPL v2
 	GNU LGPL v2.1