diff --git a/conf/type/__rvm/manifest b/conf/type/__rvm/manifest
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8e63a2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/type/__rvm/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2012 Evax Software <contact@evax.fr>
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# rvm core dependencies
+__package bash --state installed
+__package curl --state installed
+__package git-core --state installed
+__package patch --state installed
diff --git a/conf/type/__rvm_ruby/manifest b/conf/type/__rvm_ruby/manifest
index 4a4b2ac4..c6e31244 100755
--- a/conf/type/__rvm_ruby/manifest
+++ b/conf/type/__rvm_ruby/manifest
@@ -29,5 +29,55 @@ ruby="$__object_id"
 user="$(cat "$__object/parameter/user")"
 state="$(cat "$__object/explorer/state")"
 
-__rvm "$user" --state installed
+apt_ruby="build-essential openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core
+zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3
+libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev automake libtool bison
+subversion"
+apt_jruby="curl g++ openjdk-6-jre-headless"
+apt_jruby_head="ant openjdk-6-jdk"
+apt_ironruby="curl mono-2.0-devel"
 
+emerge_ruby="libiconv readline zlib openssl curl git libyaml sqlite libxslt
+libtool gcc autoconf automake bison m4"
+emerge_jruby="dev-java/sun-jdk dev-java/sun-jre-bin"
+emerge_ironruby="dev-lang/mono"
+
+pacman_ruby="gcc patch curl zlib readline libxml2 libxslt git autoconf
+diffutils make libtool bison subversion"
+pacman_jruby="jdk jre curl"
+pacman_ironruby="mono"
+
+yum_ruby="gcc-c++ patch readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel libyaml-devel
+libffi-devel openssl-devel make bzip2 autoconf automake libtool bison
+iconv-devel"
+yum_jruby="java"
+
+os="$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")"
+case "$os" in
+ archlinux) type="pacman" ;;
+ debian|ubuntu) type="apt" ;;
+ gentoo) type="emerge" ;;
+ fedora|redhat|centos) type="yum" ;;
+ *);;
+esac
+case "$ruby" in
+ ruby-head*)
+    deps_list="${type}_ruby_head"
+ ;;
+ ruby*)
+    deps_list="${type}_ruby"
+ ;;
+ jruby-head*)
+    deps_list="${type}_jruby_head"
+ ;;
+ jruby*)
+    deps_list="${type}_jruby"
+ ;;
+ ironruby*)
+    deps_list="${type}_ironruby"
+ ;;
+esac
+deps=$(eval echo \$$deps_list)
+for p in $deps; do __package_${type} $p --state installed; done
+
+__rvm "$user" --state installed