diff --git a/dev-ruby/xml-simple/xml-simple-1.1.5.ebuild b/dev-ruby/xml-simple/xml-simple-1.1.5.ebuild
index fe6d02e442e1a..5e3d2faefa030 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/xml-simple/xml-simple-1.1.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/xml-simple/xml-simple-1.1.5.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
 EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
+USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22 ruby23"
 
 # Gem only contains lib code, and github repository has no tags.
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"