2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59b9c3511b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ruby-1.8.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.2.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "8ffc79d96f336b80f2690a17601dea9b";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 91be9d85cdb5..b98e083128ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };
 
+  ruby = (import ../development/interpreters/ruby) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   dylan = (import ../development/compilers/gwydion-dylan) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl boehmgc yacc flex readline;
     dylan =