diff --git a/paludis/keywords.conf b/paludis/keywords.conf
index f22f2c8..eda104b 100644
--- a/paludis/keywords.conf
+++ b/paludis/keywords.conf
@@ -825,3 +825,12 @@ media-libs/jpeg ~amd64
 dev-vcs/darcs
 
 ~sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.109 ~amd64
+
+
+
+
+# ruby testing
+dev-ruby/minitest:5 ~amd64
+dev-ruby/power_assert ~amd64
+dev-ruby/test-unit:2 ~amd64
+dev-ruby/racc ~amd64
diff --git a/paludis/use.conf.d/some.use.conf b/paludis/use.conf.d/some.use.conf
index 3747ffd..75f9af6 100644
--- a/paludis/use.conf.d/some.use.conf
+++ b/paludis/use.conf.d/some.use.conf
@@ -439,3 +439,15 @@ app-text/apvlv html
 
 # for debugging
 games-engines/OpenJK BUILD_OPTIONS: work=preserve
+
+
+# ruby testing
+virtual/rubygems RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/minitest RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/power_assert RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/rake RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/json RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/test-unit:2 RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/rdoc RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/rubygems RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22
+dev-ruby/racc RUBY_TARGETS: ruby22