diff --git a/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt
index 208a851e5..6b5e62c66 100644
--- a/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ IF (APPLE)
     SET(RUBYLIB ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/osx${DFHACK_BUILD_ARCH}/libruby.dylib)
     SET(RUBYLIB_INSTALL_NAME "libruby.dylib")
     IF(${DFHACK_BUILD_ARCH} STREQUAL 64)
-        MESSAGE("No ruby lib for 64-bit OS X yet")
+        # MESSAGE("No ruby lib for 64-bit OS X yet")
     ELSE()
         DOWNLOAD_FILE_UNZIP("https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack-bin/releases/download/0.43.05/osx32-libruby187.dylib.gz"
             "gz"
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ ADD_DEPENDENCIES(ruby ruby-autogen-rb)
 IF(EXISTS ${RUBYLIB})
     INSTALL(FILES ${RUBYLIB} DESTINATION ${DFHACK_LIBRARY_DESTINATION} RENAME ${RUBYLIB_INSTALL_NAME})
 ELSE()
-    MESSAGE(WARNING "Ruby library not found at ${RUBYLIB} - will not be installed")
+    IF(NOT(APPLE AND ${DFHACK_BUILD_ARCH} STREQUAL 64))
+        MESSAGE(WARNING "Ruby library not found at ${RUBYLIB} - will not be installed")
+    ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 
 INSTALL(DIRECTORY .
diff --git a/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp b/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp
index f9368fdf6..7a21e32eb 100644
--- a/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp
+++ b/plugins/ruby/ruby.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,11 @@ static int df_loadruby(void)
 #if defined(WIN32)
         "./libruby.dll";
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
+    #ifdef DFHACK64
+        "/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Ruby";
+    #else
         "hack/libruby.dylib";
+    #endif
 #else
         "hack/libruby.so";
 #endif