diff --git a/shared/additional-modules/ruby/manifests/init.pp b/shared/additional-modules/ruby/manifests/init.pp
index 7943b6f..b58de4f 100644
--- a/shared/additional-modules/ruby/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/shared/additional-modules/ruby/manifests/init.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ class ruby($version, $configure = "--disable-install-doc", $build_path = '') {
     version => $version,
     source => "http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-<%= version %>.tar.gz",
     configure => $configure,
-    path => "${base::path}:${path}:${build_path}"
+    preconfigure => "LDFLAGS='-rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic'",
+    path => "${build_path}:${with_ruby_path}"
   }
 
   if ($osfamily == 'debian') {
diff --git a/shared/lib/puppet/provider/configure/action.rb b/shared/lib/puppet/provider/configure/action.rb
index ec25a7b..ffd4cc8 100644
--- a/shared/lib/puppet/provider/configure/action.rb
+++ b/shared/lib/puppet/provider/configure/action.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:configure).provide(:action) do
   desc "Configure a program to install"
 
   def create
-    system %{bash -c '#{path} cd #{@resource[:build_path]} ; #{@resource[:preconfigure]} ./configure --prefix=#{@resource[:install_path]} #{@resource[:options]}'}.tap { |o| p o }
+    system %{bash -c "cd #{@resource[:build_path]} && #{@resource[:preconfigure].gsub('"', '\\"')} #{path} ./configure --prefix=#{@resource[:install_path]} #{@resource[:options]}"}.tap { |o| p o }
+    p $?
     raise StandardError.new("Could not configure") if $?.exitstatus != 0
   end
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:configure).provide(:action) do
 
     File.file?(config_status)
   end
-
+ 
   private
   def config_status
     File.join(@resource[:build_path], @resource[:config_status])
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:configure).provide(:action) do
   end
 
   def path
-    @resource[:path].empty? ? '' : "export PATH=#{@resource[:path]}:$PATH ; "
+    @resource[:path].empty? ? '' : "PATH=#{@resource[:path]}:$PATH "
   end
 end