diff --git textproc/utf8proc/Makefile textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
index 2bd1be6e0593..5ba746a6151c 100644
--- textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
+++ textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ COMMENT=	UTF-8 processing library
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
-TEST_DEPENDS=	curl:ftp/curl
+TEST_DEPENDS=	curl:ftp/curl \
+		ruby>=0:lang/ruby${RUBY_SUFFIX}
 
 USES=		gmake perl5
 
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	JuliaStrings
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	test
+USE_RUBY=	yes
+RUBY_NO_BUILD_DEPENDS=yes
+RUBY_NO_RUN_DEPENDS=yes
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	prefix=${PREFIX}
 TEST_TARGET=	check