diff --git a/extra/svn/reposman.rb b/extra/svn/reposman.rb
index 46b9adc19..d79ad2695 100755
--- a/extra/svn/reposman.rb
+++ b/extra/svn/reposman.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require 'optparse'
 require 'find'
 require 'etc'
+require 'rubygems'
 
 Version = "1.4"
 SUPPORTED_SCM = %w( Subversion Darcs Mercurial Bazaar Git Filesystem )