diff --git a/dev-lang/ruby/patches/ruby-2.1.2.patchset b/dev-lang/ruby/patches/ruby-2.1.2.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c08b3be70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/ruby/patches/ruby-2.1.2.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 0293a01f710c55445042a570cc3fb9755e20ed71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@pulkomandy.tk>
+Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:03:04 +0000
+Subject: Fix configuration for Haiku.
+
+* Use something for linking dynamic libraries
+* Set a soname on libruby.
+
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index 17ed3ed..8efd25d 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -2654,7 +2654,7 @@ if test "$with_dln_a_out" != yes; then
+ 	[bsdi3*], [	AS_CASE(["$CC"],
+ 			[*shlicc*], [	: ${LDSHARED='$(CC) -r'}
+ 					rb_cv_dlopen=yes])],
+-	[linux* | gnu* | k*bsd*-gnu | netbsd* | bsdi* | kopensolaris*-gnu], [
++	[linux* | gnu* | k*bsd*-gnu | netbsd* | bsdi* | kopensolaris*-gnu | haiku*], [
+ 			: ${LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'}
+ 			if test "$rb_cv_binary_elf" = yes; then
+ 			    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-export-dynamic"
+@@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@ AS_CASE("$enable_shared", [yes], [
+     [sunos4*], [
+ 	LIBRUBY_ALIASES='lib$(RUBY_SO_NAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) lib$(RUBY_SO_NAME).so'
+ 	],
+-    [linux* | gnu* | k*bsd*-gnu | atheos* | kopensolaris*-gnu], [
++    [linux* | gnu* | k*bsd*-gnu | atheos* | kopensolaris*-gnu | haiku*], [
+ 	LIBRUBY_DLDFLAGS='-Wl,-soname,lib$(RUBY_SO_NAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)'" $LDFLAGS_OPTDIR"
+ 	LIBRUBY_ALIASES='lib$(RUBY_SO_NAME).so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) lib$(RUBY_SO_NAME).so'
+ 	if test "$load_relative" = yes; then
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+
diff --git a/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.1.1.recipe b/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.1.2.recipe
similarity index 66%
rename from dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.1.1.recipe
rename to dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.1.2.recipe
index b63c482c7..8901a4fc7 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.1.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/ruby/ruby-2.1.2.recipe
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ imperative. It also has a dynamic type system and automatic memory
 management. Therefore, it is similar in varying degrees to, Smalltalk,
 Python, Perl, Lisp, Dylan, and CLU."
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.ruby-lang.org" 
-SRC_URI="http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.1/ruby-2.1.1.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="c843df31ae88ed49f5393142b02b9a9f5a6557453805fd489a76fbafeae88941"
+SRC_URI="http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.1/ruby-2.1.2.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="f22a6447811a81f3c808d1c2a5ce3b5f5f0955c68c9a749182feb425589e6635"
 LICENSE="Ruby
 	BSD (3-clause)"
 COPYRIGHT="1993-2014 Yukihiro Matsumoto"
 
 REVISION="1"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="?x86 ?x86_64"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86 !x86_64"
 if [ $effectiveTargetArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
 	# x86_gcc2 is fine as primary target architecture as long as we're building
 	# for a different secondary architecture.
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ fi
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
-	ruby$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:ruby = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:erb = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:gem = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:irb = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:rake = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:rdoc = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:ri = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	cmd:testrb = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	lib:libruby$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
+	ruby$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:ruby$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:erb$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:gem$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:irb$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:rake$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:rdoc$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:ri$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	cmd:testrb$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	lib:libruby$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
 	"
 
 REQUIRES="
@@ -58,39 +58,46 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libssl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libffi$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:autoconf
-	cmd:make
 	cmd:bison
 	cmd:git
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	ruby_devel$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	devel:libruby_static$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	lib:libruby_static$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
-	devel:libruby$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1.9
+	devel:libruby_static$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	lib:libruby_static$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
+	devel:libruby$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.1
 	"
 
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	ruby$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
 	"
 
+PATCHES="ruby-2.1.2.patchset"
 BUILD()
 {
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
 	autoconf
 	runConfigure ./configure --enable-shared --disable-silent-rules
 	# The build process needs to run ruby, and without this it fails to find
 	# libruby.so.
-	make $jobArgs
+	export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:%A
+	make $jobArgs Q=''
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
+	export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:%A
 	make install
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libruby-static libruby
 	packageEntries devel $developDir
@@ -98,5 +105,6 @@ INSTALL()
 
 TEST()
 {
+	export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:%A
 	make check
 }