diff --git a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
index 334571094d..c0c0ccfb7b 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ pub fn new_test_session(_vargs string, will_compile bool) TestSession {
 		if testing.github_job != 'ubuntu-tcc' {
 			skip_files << 'examples/c_interop_wkhtmltopdf.v' // needs installation of wkhtmltopdf from https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases
 			skip_files << 'examples/call_v_from_python/test.v' // the example only makes sense to be compiled, when python is installed
+			skip_files << 'examples/call_v_from_ruby/test.v' // the example only makes sense to be compiled, when ruby is installed
 			// the ttf_test.v is not interactive, but needs X11 headers to be installed, which is done only on ubuntu-tcc for now
 			skip_files << 'vlib/x/ttf/ttf_test.v'
 			skip_files << 'vlib/vweb/vweb_app_test.v' // imports the `sqlite` module, which in turn includes sqlite3.h
diff --git a/examples/call_v_from_ruby/README.md b/examples/call_v_from_ruby/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a0a43c8fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/call_v_from_ruby/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+A simple example to show how to call a function written in v from ruby
+
+Step 1: Compile the v code to a shared library using `v -d no_backtrace -shared test.v`
+
+Step 2: Run the ruby file using `ruby test.rb`
+
+Note: you do not need `-d no_backtrace` if you use gcc or clang .
diff --git a/examples/call_v_from_ruby/test.rb b/examples/call_v_from_ruby/test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ea33748a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/call_v_from_ruby/test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'bundler/inline'
+
+gemfile do
+  source 'https://rubygems.org'
+  gem 'ffi'
+end
+
+require 'ffi'
+
+module Lib
+  extend FFI::Library
+
+  ffi_lib File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'test.so')
+
+  attach_function :square, [:int], :int
+  attach_function :sqrt_of_sum_of_squares, [:double, :double], :double
+end
+
+puts "Lib.square(10) result is #{Lib.square(10)}"
+raise 'Cannot validate V square().' unless Lib.square(10) == 100
+
+raise 'Cannot validate V sqrt_of_sum_of_squares().' unless \
+  Lib.sqrt_of_sum_of_squares(1.1, 2.2) == Math.sqrt(1.1*1.1 + 2.2*2.2)
diff --git a/examples/call_v_from_ruby/test.v b/examples/call_v_from_ruby/test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87d7e92230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/call_v_from_ruby/test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module test
+
+import math
+
+[export: 'square']
+fn square(i int) int {
+	return i * i
+}
+
+[export: 'sqrt_of_sum_of_squares']
+fn sqrt_of_sum_of_squares(x f64, y f64) f64 {
+	return math.sqrt(x * x + y * y)
+}