diff --git a/ruby-common.changes b/ruby-common.changes
index 1677e4e..7bb595e 100644
--- a/ruby-common.changes
+++ b/ruby-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 26 11:13:13 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- fix ruby provides/requires with ruby 1.8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 26 10:28:30 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rubygemsdeps.rb b/rubygemsdeps.rb
index 86471aa..3d7b631 100644
--- a/rubygemsdeps.rb
+++ b/rubygemsdeps.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 require 'optparse'
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'rubygems/specification'
 
 opts = OptionParser.new("Usage: #{$0}")
@@ -43,16 +44,14 @@ end
 gemspecs=Array.new
 
 $stdin.each_line do |line|
-  line.match(%r{.*/specifications/.*\.gemspec$}) do |m| 
-    gemspecs << [m[0], Gem::Specification.load(m[0])]
-  end
+  m = line.match(%r{.*/specifications/.*\.gemspec$})
+  gemspecs << [m[0], Gem::Specification.load(m[0])] if m
 end
 
 gemspecs.each do |file, spec|
   rubyabi=nil
-  file.match(%r{.*/gems/([^/]*)/.*}) do |m|
-    rubyabi=m[1]
-  end
+  m = file.match(%r{.*/gems/([^/]*)/.*})
+  rubyabi=m[1] if m
   if provides
     # old forms
     puts "rubygem-#{spec.name} = #{spec.version}"