diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 722b063..f443cf3 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ruby_installed_check = "ruby -v | grep #{ node[:chef_ruby][:version].gsub( '-', '' ) }"
 
-%w( wget zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libncurses-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-0-2 libyaml-dev ).each do |pkg|
+%w( wget zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libncurses-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-0-2 libyaml-dev ruby-dev ).each do |pkg|
   package pkg do
     action :install
   end