diff --git a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild
index f62958a4b58dd..24e234a08cedd 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
 EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
+USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22 ruby23"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"
 
diff --git a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild
index afe69718c1e1c..c5d7620f74c56 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
 EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
+USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22 ruby23"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"