diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 691c4a05ff4e..184de5184148 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2477,6 +2477,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "magnus",
  "opendal",
+ "rb-sys",
+ "rb-sys-env",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3262,18 +3264,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rb-sys"
-version = "0.9.69"
+version = "0.9.72"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74a18381b4e31d2c3d0f7bdbcce22d53f6ff18131842d1fec1adcef6527ff573"
+checksum = "3e36bdb8be5f395264fb4345a5f6c13dac307ed3be3bccf6305b57835981c605"
 dependencies = [
  "rb-sys-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rb-sys-build"
-version = "0.9.69"
+version = "0.9.72"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9e211890b3bd43f4d90111b7bfd863b519e3c62a5118f1bf620a0ffb43ec7f3"
+checksum = "b56f8993adac385ed6208f0dc62f99181eb0676dea50bac7bc3d36a86bb9429b"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen 0.60.1",
  "lazy_static",
diff --git a/bindings/ruby/Cargo.toml b/bindings/ruby/Cargo.toml
index f888f788be5a..c070193d5d2f 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/ruby/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ name = "opendal_ruby"
 
 [dependencies]
 magnus = { version = "0.5", features = ["bytes-crate"] }
+rb-sys = { version = "0.9.72", default-features = false }
 opendal.workspace = true
+
+[build-dependencies]
+rb-sys-env = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/bindings/ruby/build.rs b/bindings/ruby/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0cc49f1f3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/ruby/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let _ = rb_sys_env::activate()?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}