diff --git a/dot_config/X11/xinitrc b/dot_config/X11/xinitrc
index ce92b22..ac55aaf 100644
--- a/dot_config/X11/xinitrc
+++ b/dot_config/X11/xinitrc
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ userresources="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/X11/xresources"
 systemctl --user import-environment PATH
 systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY
 
+# add gempath to PATH
+gempaths="$(/usr/bin/gem env gempath):"
+export PATH="${gempaths//:/\/bin:}/bin:$PATH"
+
 if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
     xrdb -merge "$userresources"
 fi
diff --git a/dot_pam_environment b/dot_pam_environment
index af252df..5187459 100644
--- a/dot_pam_environment
+++ b/dot_pam_environment
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ CCNET_CONF_DIR          DEFAULT=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/ccnet
 # user_subvol_rm_allowed mount option on the host filesystem
 
 DOCKER_HOST             DEFAULT=unix://${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/docker.sock
+GEM_HOME                DEFAULT=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/gem
+GEM_SPEC_CACHE          DEFAULT=${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/gem
 GRIPHOME                DEFAULT=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/grip
 GTK2_RC_FILES           DEFAULT=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
 STACK_ROOT              DEFAULT=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/stack