diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 93561d351..5af36bae4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Most of the contents of this file will eventually be added to /install.rb. In th
 	  sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 sqlite3-doc
 	  
 	  
+	  You also need to install the ruby-dev package (required for mkmf)
+	  
+	  sudo apt-get install ruby-dev
+	  
+	  
    4. Prerequisites (Mac OSX)
    
       Make sure you have XCode installed - which provided the sqlite support Beef needs
diff --git a/install.rb b/install.rb
index 0b2953e6d..9f8a8eca1 100644
--- a/install.rb
+++ b/install.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ puts "\nPlease make sure you have installed SQLite before proceeding.  For instr
 
 # array of required gems - add to as needed (specify a version if needed eg "gem_name, =x.x.x")
 $gems_required = ["ansi", "dm-core", "json", "data_objects", "do_sqlite3", "sqlite3-ruby", "dm-sqlite-adapter", 
-                  "parseconfig", "erubis", "dm-migrations", "ruby-dev"]
+                  "parseconfig", "erubis", "dm-migrations"]
 
 # array of missing non-version specific gems installed
 $gems_missing = Array.new