diff --git a/gem/.config/gem/gemrc b/gem/.config/gem/gemrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a990e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gem/.config/gem/gemrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc --user-install
+update_sources: true
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9a0f331..785de8a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ installIfAvailable systemctl systemd
 installIfAvailable pacman
 installIfAvailable git
 installIfAvailable latexmk
-
+installIfAvailable gem
 
 if commandAvailable weechat; then
 	echo "Setting up weechat settings…"
diff --git a/zsh/.zshenv b/zsh/.zshenv
index a974a17..f35b872 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshenv
+++ b/zsh/.zshenv
@@ -46,3 +46,14 @@ export WINEPREFIX="$XDG_DATA_HOME/wine"
 test -f "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf" && alias tmux="tmux -f $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf"
 export TMUX_TMPDIR="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/tmux
 mkdir -p -m 700 "$TMUX_TMPDIR"
+
+# Set up Rubygems
+if hash gem &> /dev/null; then
+	export GEMRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gem/gemrc"
+
+	#TODO: move this to XDG_DATA_HOME
+	export GEM_HOME=$(ruby -e 'puts Gem.user_dir')
+	export GEM_PATH=$GEM_HOME
+
+	path+="$GEM_HOME/bin"
+fi