diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/fix-gem-nix-versions.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/fix-gem-nix-versions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c67eaff2ac50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/fix-gem-nix-versions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/lib/nix/gem-nix-command.rb b/lib/nix/gem-nix-command.rb
+index 8d3733e..ba942ff 100644
+--- a/lib/nix/gem-nix-command.rb
++++ b/lib/nix/gem-nix-command.rb
+@@ -108,11 +108,12 @@ class Gem::Commands::NixCommand < Gem::Command
+ 
+       # args to dep informations
+       args.each { |arg|
+-        if arg =~ /(.+)-?(.*)?/ then
++        if arg =~ /(.+)-([0-9][^-]+)/ then
+           gem_name = $1
+-          version =  $2.empty? ?  Gem::Requirement.default : Gem::Version.new($2)
++          version =  Gem::Version.new($2)
+         else
+-          raise Gem::CommandLineError, "couldn't parse arg. expected: name or name-version"
++          gem_name = arg
++          version =  Gem::Requirement.default
+         end
+ 
+         adddep(Gem::Dependency.new gem_name, version)
+@@ -162,7 +163,13 @@ class Gem::Commands::NixCommand < Gem::Command
+     spec, source_uri = find_gem_with_source(dep)
+     full_name = spec.full_name
+ 
+-    return if @gems_with_deps.key?(full_name)
++    if @gems_with_deps.key?(full_name)
++      unless @gems_with_deps[full_name].nil?
++        return @gems_with_deps[full_name][0]
++      else
++        return nil
++      end
++    end
+     @gems_with_deps[full_name] = nil # there maybe circular dependencies. thus mark this gem seen as early as possible
+ 
+     # development deps can't be found. Some are old. Thus only add rutime dependencies
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix
index a2d2d753a4af..adfea12da952 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ in
   rails = { gemFlags = "--no-ri --no-rdoc"; };
   
   ncurses = { propagatedBuildInputs = [ ncurses ]; };
+
+  nix = {
+    postInstall = ''
+      cd $out/${ruby.gemPath}/gems/nix*
+      patch -Np1 -i ${./fix-gem-nix-versions.patch}
+    '';
+  };
   
   ncursesw = { propagatedBuildInputs = [ ncurses ]; };