diff --git a/dev-ruby/ruby-gettext/ruby-gettext-3.2.9.ebuild b/dev-ruby/ruby-gettext/ruby-gettext-3.2.9.ebuild
index 772539ef5db63..25fd5a8b2b8ab 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/ruby-gettext/ruby-gettext-3.2.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/ruby-gettext/ruby-gettext-3.2.9.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
 
-USE_RUBY="ruby22 ruby23 ruby24 ruby25"
+USE_RUBY="ruby23 ruby24 ruby25 ruby26"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_NAME="${PN/ruby-/}"
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_VERSION="${PV%_*}"
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ all_ruby_prepare() {
 
 	# Avoid tests failing due to a missing test file.
 	#sed -i -e '/test_invalid_charset/,/end/ s:^:#:' test/test_mo.rb || die
+
+	# Avoid SAFE mode test that fails on ruby 2.6
+	sed -i -e '/test_safe_mode/aomit' test/test_gettext.rb || die
 }
 
 each_ruby_test() {