diff --git a/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec b/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = 'thrift'
+  s.version     = '0.8.0dev'
+  s.authors     = ['Thrift Developers']
+  s.email       = ['dev@thrift.apache.org']
+  s.homepage    = 'http://thrift.apache.org'
+  s.summary     = %q{Ruby bindings for Apache Thrift}
+  s.description = %q{Ruby bindings for the Apache Thrift RPC system}
+  s.license = 'Apache 2.0'
+  s.extensions = ['ext/extconf.rb']
+
+  s.has_rdoc      = true
+  s.rdoc_options  = %w[--line-numbers --inline-source --title Thrift --main README]
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = 'thrift'
+
+  dir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+
+  s.files = Dir.glob("{lib,spec}/**/*")
+  s.test_files = Dir.glob("{test,spec,benchmark}/**/*")
+  s.executables =  Dir.glob("{bin}/**/*")
+
+  s.extra_rdoc_files  = %w[CHANGELOG README] + Dir.glob("{ext,lib}/**/*.{c,h,rb}")
+
+  s.require_paths = %w[lib ext]
+
+  s.add_development_dependency "rake"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "1.3.2"
+  s.add_development_dependency "mongrel"
+end
+