diff --git a/sdljava.spec b/sdljava.spec
index ab4e2f8..00d0bd6 100644
--- a/sdljava.spec
+++ b/sdljava.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ BuildRequires:  bsh
 BuildRequires:  jdom
 BuildRequires:  xml-commons-apis
 BuildRequires:  %{_bindir}/ruby
+BuildRequires:  rubygems
 
 Requires:       java
 Requires:       javapackages-filesystem
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ ln -s ../../fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf \
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Nov 25 2019 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> - 0.9.1-45
-- Drop unnecessary BuildRequires: jruby
+- Replace unnecessary BuildRequires: jruby with BuildRequires: rubygems
 - Drop version prefix from javadocs installation the ghosted symlink
   blocking us from doing this has last shipped in Fedora 16
 - Update to match latest java packaging guidelines