diff --git a/debian/patches/remove-rubygems.patch b/debian/patches/remove-rubygems.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a367f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/remove-rubygems.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Index: ruby-rack-proxy/test/test_helper.rb
+===================================================================
+--- ruby-rack-proxy.orig/test/test_helper.rb
++++ ruby-rack-proxy/test/test_helper.rb
+@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
+-require "rubygems"
+-require 'bundler/setup'
+-require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
+ require "test/unit"
+ 
+ require "rack"
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7458898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+remove-rubygems.patch