diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 29051cdc..3addda1a 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ You can tell RVM to install one or more Ruby versions with:
 
 You should use the full version number.  While the shorthand version may work (e.g. '1.9.2'), the provider will be unable to detect if the correct version is installed.
 
+## Installing Ruby with options / or packages (OR: *building Rubies with a modern OpenSSL*)
+
+RVM has several packages that provide required libraries for OS configurations that might not have up to date components. A good example of this is OpenSSL - Ruby 2.0 (for example) depends on OpenSSL 1.x, but most OSes ship with OpenSSL 0.9.x.
+
+There are two new parameters you can use:
+
+    rvm_system_ruby {
+     'ruby-1.8.7':
+       ensure => 'present',
+       pkg => "openssl",
+       install_opts => "--with-openssl-dir=$rvm_path/usr"
+    }
+
+This will tell RVM to install the openSSL package, then compile RVM with options that point the build process to the new OpenSSL path.
 
 ## Creating Gemsets
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/rvm_system_ruby/rvm_system_ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/rvm_system_ruby/rvm_system_ruby.rb
index 9f5b433f..2db37b32 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/rvm_system_ruby/rvm_system_ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/rvm_system_ruby/rvm_system_ruby.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
   commands :rvmcmd => "/usr/local/rvm/bin/rvm"
 
   def create
-    rvmcmd "install", resource[:name]
+    if resource[:pkg]
+      #puts "rvm pkg install #{resource[:pkg]}"
+      rvmcmd "pkg", "install", resource[:pkg]
+    end
+
+    options = resource[:install_opts]
+    rvmcmd "install", resource[:name], options
     set_default if resource.value(:default_use)
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/rvm_system_ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/type/rvm_system_ruby.rb
index 59069a10..0919e069 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/rvm_system_ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/rvm_system_ruby.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,13 @@
     desc "Should this Ruby be the system default for new terminals?"
     defaultto false
   end
+
+  newparam(:install_opts) do
+    desc "Flags to compile RVM with ie: --with-openssl-dir=..."
+    defaultto ""
+  end
+
+  newparam(:pkg) do
+    desc "install package for this system ruby"
+  end
 end