diff --git a/rubygem-gem2rpm.changes b/rubygem-gem2rpm.changes
index 729ad3d..0906412 100644
--- a/rubygem-gem2rpm.changes
+++ b/rubygem-gem2rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 29 14:00:54 UTC 2018 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- add ruby 2.6 support
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 15 17:19:13 UTC 2018 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rubygem-gem2rpm.spec b/rubygem-gem2rpm.spec
index 8f3917d..cea60d8 100644
--- a/rubygem-gem2rpm.spec
+++ b/rubygem-gem2rpm.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 %bcond_with     ruby23
 %bcond_with     ruby24
 %bcond_with     ruby25
+%bcond_with     ruby26
 %bcond_with     rubinius25
 
 Name:           rubygem-gem2rpm
@@ -580,6 +581,62 @@ fi
 %doc %{_libdir}/ruby/gems/2.5.0/doc/gem2rpm-%{version}
 %endif
 
+%if %{with ruby26}
+%package -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm
+Summary:        Generate rpm specfiles from gems
+Group:          Development/Languages/Ruby
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
+
+%description -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm
+Generate source rpms and rpm spec files from a Ruby Gem. 
+The spec file tries to follow the gem as closely as possible
+
+%package -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm-doc
+Summary:        RDoc documentation for %{mod_name}
+Group:          Development/Languages/Ruby
+Requires:       ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm = %{version}
+
+%description -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm-doc
+Documentation generated at gem installation time.
+Usually in RDoc and RI formats.
+
+
+%post -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm
+/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --install \
+    %{_bindir}/gem2rpm         gem2rpm         %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6-%{version} %{mod_weight}
+/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --install \
+    %{_bindir}/gem2rpm-%{version}   gem2rpm-%{version}   %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6-%{version} %{mod_weight}
+/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --install \
+    %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6 gem2rpm.ruby2.6 %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6-%{version} %{mod_weight}
+
+%preun -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm
+if [ "$1" = 0 ] ; then
+    /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --remove gem2rpm          %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6-%{version}
+    /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --remove gem2rpm-%{version}    %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6-%{version}
+    /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --remove gem2rpm.ruby2.6  %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6-%{version}
+fi
+
+%files -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_docdir}/ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm
+#{_bindir}/gem2rpm-opensuse
+%{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6-%{version}
+%ghost %{_bindir}/gem2rpm.ruby2.6
+%ghost %{_bindir}/gem2rpm-%{version}
+%ghost %{_bindir}/gem2rpm
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/gem2rpm
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/gem2rpm.ruby2.6
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/gem2rpm-%{version}
+# cache file
+%{_libdir}/ruby/gems/2.6.0/cache/gem2rpm-%{version}.gem
+%{_libdir}/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/gem2rpm-%{version}
+%{_libdir}/ruby/gems/2.6.0/specifications/gem2rpm-%{version}.gemspec
+
+%files -n ruby2.6-rubygem-gem2rpm-doc
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc %{_libdir}/ruby/gems/2.6.0/doc/gem2rpm-%{version}
+%endif
+
 %if %{with rubinius25}
 %package -n rbx2.5-rubygem-gem2rpm
 # MANUAL