diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 69d12e6ed04..f853c9b6f40 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0 SDL_ttf-2.0.9_1
 libparted.so.2 libparted-3.1_1
 libparted-fs-resize.so.0 libparted-3.1_1
 libntfs-3g.so.87 ntfs-3g-2016.2.22_1
-libruby.so.2.3 ruby-2.3.0_1
+libruby.so.2.4 ruby-2.4.0_1
 libxenctrl.so.4.7 xen-libs-4.7_1
 libxenguest.so.4.7 xen-libs-4.7_1
 libxlutil.so.4.7 xen-libs-4.7_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby/template b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
index 5c7a9de9f98..47be8e20da2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template build file for 'ruby'.
-_ruby_abiver=2.3.0
+_ruby_abiver=2.4.0
 
 pkgname=ruby
-version=2.3.3
+version=2.4.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-shared --disable-rpath
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ configure_args="--enable-shared --disable-rpath
 make_build_args="all capi"
 short_desc="Ruby programming language"
 homepage="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=882e6146ed26c6e78c02342835f5d46b86de95f0dc4e16543294bc656594cc5b
+checksum=440bbbdc49d08d3650f340dccb35986d9399177ad69a204def56e5d3954600cf
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config bison groff doxygen graphviz"
 makedepends="zlib-devel readline-devel libffi-devel libressl-devel
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ post_install() {
 	# Remove references to hardening -specs.
 	sed -e "s|\(-specs=.*hardened-ld\)||g" -e "s|\(-specs=.*hardened-cc1\)||g" -i \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/ruby/${_ruby_abiver}/*/rbconfig.rb
+	vlicense COPYING
 }
-
 ruby-devel-doc_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - HTML C API documentation files"
 	noarch=yes
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ ruby-devel-doc_package() {
 	}
 }
 ruby-devel_package() {
-	depends="ruby-${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="ruby-${version}_${revision} gmp-devel"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove usr/lib/ruby/${_ruby_abiver}/mkmf.rb
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	}