+# Build with fPIC to allow Ruby bindings
+# Xcompiler should normally achieve that -- http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/3978
+# http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/1994
+sed -i 's|\$(CFLAGS)|$(CFLAGS) -fPIC|g' swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk
+# Install Ruby bindings to distribution specific directory
+sed -i 's|RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR :=.*|RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR := %{ruby_vendorarchdir}|' swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk
+
+# Install Ruby bindings into the proper place
+sed -i -e 's|^$(INSTALL_DIR):|$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_DIR):|' swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk
+sed -i -e 's|^install: $(INSTALL_DIR)|install: $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_DIR)|' swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk
+