diff --git a/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/recipes/install.rb b/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/recipes/install.rb
index accba7e..2dbc043 100644
--- a/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/recipes/install.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/recipes/install.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 base_port = node["passenger5"]["port"].to_i
 stepping = 200
 app_base_port = base_port
+# For GEM_PATH and others, the major version is needed. I.e: '3.0.0' instead of '3.0.2'
+ruby_major_version = node["ruby"]["version"].sub(/(\d\.\d).\d*/, '\1.0')
 
 node.engineyard.apps.each_with_index do |app, index|
   app_path      = "/data/#{app.name}"
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@
       version: version,
       port: app_base_port,
       worker_count: recipe.get_pool_size,
-      rails_env: framework_env
+      rails_env: framework_env, 
+      ruby_version: ruby_major_version
     )
   end
 
@@ -98,4 +101,4 @@
 
 ey_cloud_report "passenger5" do
   message "Installing Passenger 5 finished"
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/templates/default/app_control.erb b/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/templates/default/app_control.erb
index d31c9cc..f4ba2a2 100644
--- a/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/templates/default/app_control.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/ey-passenger5/templates/default/app_control.erb
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ export HOME="/home/<%= @user %>"
 #source "/data/<%= @app_name %>/shared/config/env.custom"
 #source "/data/<%= @app_name %>/shared/config/env.cloud"
 
+# Setting the GEM_PATH so that Passenger uses the app's gems
+export GEM_PATH="/data/<%= @app_name %>/shared/bundled_gems/ruby/<%= @ruby_version %>/"
+
 cd /data/<%= @app_name %>/
 
 case "$1" in