diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc
index f4cee17890..c40636a91d 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc
@@ -1228,6 +1228,11 @@ string t_rb_generator::type_name(t_type* ttype) {
 
 string t_rb_generator::full_type_name(t_type* ttype) {
   string prefix = "::";
+
+  if (ttype->get_program()->is_std_path()) {
+    prefix += "Thrift::";
+  }
+
   vector<std::string> modules = ruby_modules(ttype->get_program());
   for (vector<std::string>::iterator m_iter = modules.begin(); m_iter != modules.end(); ++m_iter) {
     prefix += *m_iter + "::";
diff --git a/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec b/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec
index 2c02b526b1..356ab344b9 100644
--- a/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec
+++ b/lib/rb/thrift.gemspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'upfluence-thrift'
-  s.version     = '2.5.0'
+  s.version     = `git describe --tag`.chomp[1..]
   s.authors     = ['Thrift Developers']
   s.email       = ['dev@thrift.apache.org']
   s.homepage    = 'http://thrift.apache.org'
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.require_paths = %w[lib ext]
 
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.10.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
   s.add_development_dependency "rack"
   s.add_development_dependency "rack-test"
-  s.add_development_dependency "thin", "~> 1.5.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "thin"
   s.add_development_dependency "bundler"
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
 end