diff --git a/utils/apparmor/aa.py b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
index 1323d158f..c78de1867 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/aa.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def get_interpreter_and_abstraction(exec_target):
         abstraction = 'abstractions/perl'
     elif re.search('^python([23]|[23]\.[0-9]+)?$', interpreter):
         abstraction = 'abstractions/python'
-    elif interpreter == 'ruby':
+    elif re.search('^ruby([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*)?$', interpreter):
         abstraction = 'abstractions/ruby'
     else:
         abstraction = None
diff --git a/utils/test/test-aa.py b/utils/test/test-aa.py
index b5e662b4c..298cf32ac 100644
--- a/utils/test/test-aa.py
+++ b/utils/test/test-aa.py
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ class AaTest_get_interpreter_and_abstraction(AATest):
         ('#!/usr/bin/python3',      ('/usr/bin/python3',    'abstractions/python')),
         ('#!/usr/bin/python4',      ('/usr/bin/python4',    None)),  # python abstraction is only applied to py2 and py3
         ('#!/usr/bin/ruby',         ('/usr/bin/ruby',       'abstractions/ruby')),
+        ('#!/usr/bin/ruby2.2',      ('/usr/bin/ruby2.2',    'abstractions/ruby')),
+        ('#!/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1',    ('/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1',  'abstractions/ruby')),
         ('#!/usr/bin/foobarbaz',    ('/usr/bin/foobarbaz',  None)),  # we don't have an abstraction for "foobarbaz"
         ('foo',                     (None,                  None)),  # no hashbang - not a script
     ]