diff --git a/.kitchen.yml b/.kitchen.yml
index 8cdcf7a..9384063 100644
--- a/.kitchen.yml
+++ b/.kitchen.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ provisioner:
 
 platforms:
   - name: ubuntu-12.04
+  - name: ubuntu-14.04
   - name: debian-7.5
   - name: centos-6.5
   - name: amazon
@@ -34,3 +35,23 @@ suites:
   run_list:
   - recipe[ruby_install]
   - recipe[partial_ruby_version]
+- name: user_ruby
+  run_list:
+  - recipe[ruby_install]
+  - recipe[user_ruby]
+  attributes:
+    user_ruby:
+      user: vagrant
+- name: patch_ruby
+  run_list:
+  - recipe[ruby_install]
+  - recipe[user_ruby]
+  excludes:
+  - ubuntu-12.04
+  - debian-7.5
+  - centos-6.5
+  - amazon
+  attributes:
+    user_ruby:
+      rubie: ruby 2.0.0-p451
+      patch: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/plexus/10021261/raw/305492ebd17308e55eee1baab27568fafaa940cb/ruby-2.0-p451-readline.patch
diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
index d376386..a7384b9 100644
--- a/Berksfile
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ metadata
 group :integration do
   cookbook 'alltherubies', path: './test/cookbooks/alltherubies'
   cookbook 'partial_ruby_version', path: './test/cookbooks/partial_ruby_version'
+  cookbook 'user_ruby', path: './test/cookbooks/user_ruby'
 end
diff --git a/providers/ruby.rb b/providers/ruby.rb
index 5cad6de..7e6b326 100644
--- a/providers/ruby.rb
+++ b/providers/ruby.rb
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ def perform_install
     install_start = Time.now
     Chef::Log.info("Building ruby_install_ruby[#{@rubie}], this could take a while...")
 
-    rubie       = @rubie        # bypass block scoping issue
-    prefix_path = @prefix_path  # bypass block scoping issue
-
-    execute_ruby_install(rubie, prefix_path)
+    execute_ruby_install
 
     Chef::Log.info("ruby_install_ruby[#{@rubie}] build time was " \
       "#{(Time.now - install_start) / 60.0} minutes")
@@ -57,9 +54,10 @@ def perform_install
   end
 end
 
-def execute_ruby_install(rubie, prefix_path)
+def execute_ruby_install
+  rubie, opts = @rubie, options # avoid variable scoping issues
   execute "ruby-install[#{rubie}]" do
-    command   %( /usr/local/bin/ruby-install --rubies-dir "#{prefix_path}" "#{rubie}" )
+    command   %(/usr/local/bin/ruby-install #{opts.join(' ')} "#{rubie}")
     user        new_resource.user         if new_resource.user
     group       new_resource.group        if new_resource.group
     environment new_resource.environment  if new_resource.environment
@@ -72,6 +70,19 @@ def ruby_installed?
     false
   else
     install_dirname = @rubie.sub(' ', '-')
-    ::File.exists?("#{@prefix_path}/#{install_dirname}/bin/ruby")
+    ::File.exist?("#{@prefix_path}/#{install_dirname}/bin/ruby")
+  end
+end
+
+def options # rubocop: disable CyclomaticComplexity
+  opt = [%(--rubies-dir "#{@prefix_path}")]
+  opt << %(--no-install-deps) unless new_resource.install_deps
+  opt << %(--src-dir "#{new_resource.source_dir}") if new_resource.source_dir
+  opt << %(--mirror "#{new_resource.mirror}") if new_resource.mirror
+  opt << %(--url "#{new_resource.url}") if new_resource.url
+  opt << %(--md5 "#{new_resource.md5}") if new_resource.md5
+  if new_resource.patch
+    opt << Array(new_resource.patch).map { |p| %(--patch "#{p}") }
   end
+  opt
 end
diff --git a/resources/ruby.rb b/resources/ruby.rb
index d59c7d4..cec1d8b 100644
--- a/resources/ruby.rb
+++ b/resources/ruby.rb
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@
 
 actions :install, :reinstall
 
-attribute :definition,  kind_of: String, name_attribute: true
-attribute :prefix_path, kind_of: String
-attribute :user,        kind_of: String
-attribute :group,       kind_of: String
-attribute :environment, kind_of: Hash
+attribute :definition,   kind_of: String, name_attribute: true
+attribute :prefix_path,  kind_of: String
+attribute :source_dir,   kind_of: String
+attribute :patch,        kind_of: [String, Array]
+attribute :mirror,       kind_of: String
+attribute :url,          kind_of: String
+attribute :md5,          kind_of: String
+attribute :install_deps, kind_of: [TrueClass, FalseClass], default: true
+attribute :user,         kind_of: String
+attribute :group,        kind_of: String
+attribute :environment,  kind_of: Hash
 
 def initialize(*args)
   super
diff --git a/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/attributes/default.rb b/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/attributes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df16a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/attributes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+default['user_ruby']['user']  = nil
+default['user_ruby']['group'] = nil
+default['user_ruby']['rubie'] = 'ruby 1.9.3-p545'
+default['user_ruby']['patch'] = nil
diff --git a/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/metadata.rb b/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/metadata.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac9a331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+name              'user_ruby'
+maintainer        'Ross Timson'
+maintainer_email  'ross@rosstimson.com'
+license           'Apache 2.0'
+description       'Installs latest Ruby 1.9 as user via ruby_install cookbook'
+long_description  'Installs latest Ruby 1.9 as user via ruby_install cookbook'
+version           '0.1.0'
diff --git a/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/recipes/default.rb b/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/recipes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..556ec0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cookbooks/user_ruby/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+
+# When passing non-root user to LWRP, ruby-install may fail when attempting
+# to install dependencies due to privelges of execution block. Setting the
+# 'install_deps' flag to false in this case will run ruby-install
+# with --no-install-deps.
+#
+# ruby-install builds from ~/src when non-root and /usr/loca/src when root, so
+# passing $HOME to environment will allow build to succeed when
+# executing as non-root.
+
+
+require 'etc'
+
+# Will LWRP execute as non-root user?
+user = node['user_ruby']['user']
+is_root = user && Etc.getpwnam(user)['uid'] == 0 || user.nil?
+
+# Group attribute setting trumps all, but get user's group if not specified.
+# Otherwise, files could be owned by user:root rather than user:user
+group = node['user_ruby']['group']
+group ||= Etc.getgrgid(Etc.getpwnam(user)['gid'])['name'] if user
+
+# Use when building prefix_path (if not othwerwise specified), and to
+# pass as $HOME env variable if running as non-user (helps ruby-install)
+home_dir = Etc.getpwnam(user)['dir'] if user && !is_root
+
+# Install deps manually if LWRP will be executing as non-root, otherwise
+# execution block of LWRP will not ha
+unless is_root
+  case node[:platform_family]
+  when 'debian'
+    packages = %w(build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev
+                  libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev)
+  when 'fedora', 'rhel'
+    packages = %w(gcc automake zlib-devel libyaml-devel openssl-devel
+                  gdbm-devel readline-devel ncurses-devel libffi-devel)
+  end
+
+  packages.each do |p|
+    package p do
+      action :install
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ruby_install_ruby node['user_ruby']['rubie'] do
+  user user if user
+  group group if group
+  environment 'HOME' => home_dir if home_dir
+  prefix_path File.join(home_dir, '.rubies') if home_dir
+  install_deps false unless is_root
+  patch node['user_ruby']['patch']
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/patch_ruby/serverspec/ruby_patch_spec.rb b/test/integration/patch_ruby/serverspec/ruby_patch_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..264cfc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/patch_ruby/serverspec/ruby_patch_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'compiles and installs patched Ruby 2.0.0-p451 into /opt/rubies' do
+  describe command('/opt/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p451/bin/ruby -v') do
+    it { should return_exit_status 0 }
+    it { should return_stdout(/ruby 2.0.0p451.*/) }
+  end
+
+  describe file('/opt/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p451') do
+    it { should be_directory }
+    it { should be_owned_by 'root' }
+    it { should be_grouped_into 'root' }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/patch_ruby/serverspec/spec_helper.rb b/test/integration/patch_ruby/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22e49ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/patch_ruby/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+
+require 'serverspec'
+
+include Serverspec::Helper::Exec
+include Serverspec::Helper::DetectOS
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.before :all do
+    c.path = '/sbin:/usr/bin'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/user_ruby/serverspec/spec_helper.rb b/test/integration/user_ruby/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22e49ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/user_ruby/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+
+require 'serverspec'
+
+include Serverspec::Helper::Exec
+include Serverspec::Helper::DetectOS
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.before :all do
+    c.path = '/sbin:/usr/bin'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/user_ruby/serverspec/user_ruby_spec.rb b/test/integration/user_ruby/serverspec/user_ruby_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6c2198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/user_ruby/serverspec/user_ruby_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'compiles and installs Ruby 1.9.3-p545 into /home/vagrant/.rubies' do
+  describe command('/home/vagrant/.rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p545/bin/ruby -v') do
+    it { should return_exit_status 0 }
+    it { should return_stdout(/ruby 1.9.3p545.*/) }
+  end
+
+  describe file('/home/vagrant/.rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p545') do
+    it { should be_directory }
+    it { should be_owned_by 'vagrant' }
+    it { should be_grouped_into 'vagrant' }
+  end
+end