diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicRubyGenerator.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicRubyGenerator.scala
index 97daef36c9e..bae91632fde 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicRubyGenerator.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicRubyGenerator.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,88 @@
 package com.wordnik.swagger.codegen
 
+import com.wordnik.swagger.core._
+
+import java.io.File
+
+object BasicRubyGenerator extends BasicRubyGenerator {
+  def main(args: Array[String]) = generateClient(args)
+}
+
 class BasicRubyGenerator extends BasicGenerator {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  override def toApiName(name: String) = {
+    name.charAt(0).toUpperCase + name.substring(1) + "_api"
+  }
+
+  override def apiPackage = Some("lib")
+
+  // location of templates
+  override def templateDir = "ruby"
+
+  // template used for models
+  modelTemplateFiles += "model.mustache" -> ".rb"
+
+  // template used for models
+  apiTemplateFiles += "api.mustache" -> ".rb"
+
+  // where to write generated code
+  override def destinationDir = "generated-code/ruby"
+
+  // file suffix
+  override def fileSuffix = ".rb"
+
+  // package for models
+  override def modelPackage = Some("models")
+
+  // response classes
+  override def processResponseClass(responseClass: String): Option[String] = {
+    responseClass match {
+      case "void" => None
+      case e: String => Some(e)
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def toVarName(name: String): String = toUnderscore(name)
+
+  override def toMethodName(name: String): String = toUnderscore(name)
+
+  def toUnderscore(name: String): String = {
+    val sb = new StringBuilder
+    for ((char) <- super.toVarName(name)) {
+      if (char.isUpperCase) sb.append("_").append(char.toLowerCase)
+      else sb.append(char)
+    }
+    sb.toString
+  }
+
+  override def toDeclaration(obj: DocumentationSchema) = {
+    var datatype = obj.getType.charAt(0).toUpperCase + obj.getType.substring(1)
+
+    datatype match {
+      case "Array" => datatype = "List"
+      case e: String => e
+    }
+
+    val defaultValue = toDefaultValue(datatype, obj)
+    datatype match {
+      case "List" => {
+        val inner = {
+          if (obj.items.ref != null) obj.items.ref
+          else obj.items.getType
+        }
+        datatype = "java.util.List[" + inner + "]"
+      }
+      case _ =>
+    }
+    (datatype, defaultValue)
+  }
+
+  // supporting classes
+  override def supportingFiles = List(
+    ("monkey.mustache", destinationDir + File.separator + apiPackage.get, "monkey.rb"),
+    ("swagger.mustache", destinationDir + File.separator + apiPackage.get, "swagger.rb"),
+    ("swagger" + File.separator + "configuration.mustache", destinationDir + File.separator + apiPackage.get, "swagger" + File.separator + "configuration.rb"),
+    ("swagger" + File.separator + "response.mustache", destinationDir + File.separator + apiPackage.get, "swagger" + File.separator + "response.rb"),
+    ("swagger" + File.separator + "version.mustache", destinationDir + File.separator + apiPackage.get, "swagger" + File.separator + "version.rb"),
+    ("swagger" + File.separator + "request.mustache", destinationDir + File.separator + apiPackage.get, "swagger" + File.separator + "request.rb"))
+}