diff --git a/archivers/rubygem-bzip2/Makefile b/archivers/rubygem-bzip2/Makefile
index 2f7f8883b01b..37b4d9bbc1eb 100644
--- a/archivers/rubygem-bzip2/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/rubygem-bzip2/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	bzip2
 PORTVERSION=	0.2.7
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	archivers rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-ruby-${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/archivers/rubygem-bzip2/files/patch-ext__extconf.rb b/archivers/rubygem-bzip2/files/patch-ext__extconf.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0d93697504f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivers/rubygem-bzip2/files/patch-ext__extconf.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- ./ext/extconf.rb.orig	2013-12-12 21:55:36.054257218 +0000
++++ ./ext/extconf.rb	2013-12-12 21:55:51.579256255 +0000
+@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
+      $static = nil
+   end
+   
+-  if RUBY_VERSION =~ /1.9/
+-    $CFLAGS << ' -DRUBY_19_COMPATIBILITY'
+-  end
++  $CFLAGS << ' -DRUBY_19_COMPATIBILITY'
+   
+   create_makefile('bzip2_ext')
+ else
+   puts "libbz2 not found, maybe try manually specifying --with-bz2-dir to find it?"
+-end
+\ No newline at end of file
++end