diff --git a/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile b/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile
index 65e79be..7afb7ef 100644
--- a/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ ADD sudoers.discourse /etc/sudoers.d/discourse
 
 RUN sudo -u discourse bundle config set --global path /home/discourse/.bundle/gems
 
+# Add user-install ruby gems to PATH
+RUN echo 'PATH="$(ruby -r rubygems -e "puts Gem.user_dir")/bin:$PATH"' >> /home/discourse/.profile
+
 # get redis going
 ADD redis.template.yml /pups/redis.yml
 RUN /pups/bin/pups /pups/redis.yml