diff --git a/ruby/ruby.patch b/ruby/ruby.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..712fd98273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/ruby.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ext/dbm/extconf.rb.orig	2002-12-16 08:34:23.000000000 +0100
++++ ext/dbm/extconf.rb	2002-12-30 10:04:05.000000000 +0100
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
+ if dblib
+   db_check(dblib)
+ else
+-  for dblib in %w(db db2 db1 dbm gdbm)
++  for dblib in %w(dbm db2 db1 db gdbm)
+     db_check(dblib) and break
+   end
+ end