diff --git a/templates/ruby/template b/templates/ruby/template
index c6415a4e992..7be447ca1c5 100644
--- a/templates/ruby/template
+++ b/templates/ruby/template
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 # Template build file for 'ruby'.
 pkgname=ruby
+ruby_ver="1.9.1"
 ruby_distpatchver="p0"
-ruby_distver="1.9.1-${ruby_distpatchver}"
-version=1.9.1${ruby_distpatchver}
+ruby_distver="${ruby_ver}-${ruby_distpatchver}"
+version=${ruby_ver}${ruby_distpatchver}
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${ruby_distver}"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/$pkgname-${ruby_distver}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-# Override --exec-prefix to install it into the correct location.
-configure_args="--enable-pthread --enable-shared --disable-rpath
- --exec-prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr"
+configure_args="--enable-pthread --enable-shared --disable-rpath"
 short_desc="Ruby programming language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=a5485951823c8c22ddf6100fc9e10c7bfc85fb5a4483844033cee0fad9e292cc
 long_desc="
- Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and
- easy object-oriented programming.  It has many features to
- process text files and to do system management tasks (as in
- Perl).  It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible."
+ Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object
+ oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to
+ do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward
+ and extensible."
 
 Add_dependency full glibc
 Add_dependency full gdbm
 Add_dependency full openssl
 Add_dependency full zlib
+Add_dependency full readline
 Add_dependency build ncurses
 Add_dependency run ncurses-libs