diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
index 25656f25a4..a4d43bc835 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class Keg
       when /^perl5/ then :mkpath
       when 'php' then :mkpath
       when /^python[23]\.\d/ then :mkpath
-      when 'ruby' then :mkpath
+      when /^ruby/ then :mkpath
       # Everything else is symlinked to the cellar
       else :link
       end