diff --git a/eclass/ruby-utils.eclass b/eclass/ruby-utils.eclass
index 9c4d8fb818f99..e4a072a0972ef 100644
--- a/eclass/ruby-utils.eclass
+++ b/eclass/ruby-utils.eclass
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ _ruby_implementation_depend() {
 			rubypn="dev-lang/ruby"
 			rubyslot=":2.4"
 			;;
+		ruby25)
+			rubypn="dev-lang/ruby"
+			rubyslot=":2.5"
+			;;
 		ree18)
 			rubypn="dev-lang/ruby-enterprise"
 			rubyslot=":1.8"