diff --git a/rrdtool.changes b/rrdtool.changes
index d855667..7a7ccf3 100644
--- a/rrdtool.changes
+++ b/rrdtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 13 08:42:10 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- don't require ruby, the package but the right version of the abi
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  9 13:21:12 UTC 2014 - jreidinger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rrdtool.spec b/rrdtool.spec
index 3ff1ca9..086b23c 100644
--- a/rrdtool.spec
+++ b/rrdtool.spec
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ This package contains the Lua bindings
 %package -n ruby-rrdtool
 Summary:        Ruby bindings for rrdtool
 Group:          Productivity/Scientific/Math
-Requires:       ruby >= %{rb_ver}
+Requires:       ruby(abi) >= %{rb_ver}
 
 %description -n ruby-rrdtool
 A tool to log and analyze data gathered from all kinds of data sources.