diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fce7aad2b..a41cd44b4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 
 Unreleased:
+    - ruby.setup now takes a type 'fetch' to just fetch/extract (eridius in r35773)
+
     - Fetch now prefers mirrors with lower ping times (#14891, jmr in r35748)
 
     - Fetching of daily snapshot tarballs of the ports tree as an alternative to rsync
diff --git a/src/port1.0/resources/group/ruby-1.0.tcl b/src/port1.0/resources/group/ruby-1.0.tcl
index e81e0c840..cb793ec30 100644
--- a/src/port1.0/resources/group/ruby-1.0.tcl
+++ b/src/port1.0/resources/group/ruby-1.0.tcl
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ proc ruby.setup {module vers {type "install.rb"} {docs {}} {source "custom"}} {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		fetch {
+			# do nothing but fetch and extract - for strange installers
+			build {}
+		}
 		default {
 			ui_error "ruby.setup: unknown setup type '${type}' specified!"
 			return -code error "ruby.setup failed"