diff --git a/salt/modules/rvm.py b/salt/modules/rvm.py
index 161c89a84c..c58d46154f 100644
--- a/salt/modules/rvm.py
+++ b/salt/modules/rvm.py
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ def install_ruby(ruby, runas=None):
     #   git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0
     #   libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev autoconf libc6-dev
     #   libncurses5-dev automake libtool bison subversion ruby
-    return _rvm('install', ruby, runas=runas)
+    if runas and runas != 'root':
+            _rvm('autolibs disable', ruby, runas=runas)
+	    return _rvm('install --disable-binary', ruby, runas=runas)
+    else:
+	    return _rvm('install', ruby, runas=runas)
 
 
 def reinstall_ruby(ruby, runas=None):