diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 23afb2715..cc42191ca 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -976,6 +976,8 @@ async function run() {
     const engineVersions = installer.getAvailableVersions(platform, engine)
     const ruby = validateRubyEngineAndVersion(platform, engineVersions, engine, version)
 
+    createGemRC()
+
     const [rubyPrefix, newPathEntries] = await installer.install(platform, ruby)
 
     setupPath(ruby, newPathEntries)
@@ -1040,6 +1042,13 @@ function validateRubyEngineAndVersion(platform, engineVersions, engine, version)
   return engine + '-' + version
 }
 
+function createGemRC() {
+  const gemrc = path.join(os.homedir(), '.gemrc')
+  if (!fs.existsSync(gemrc)) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(gemrc, `gem: --no-document${os.EOL}`)
+  }
+}
+
 function setupPath(ruby, newPathEntries) {
     const originalPath = process.env['PATH'].split(path.delimiter)
     let cleanPath = originalPath.filter(entry => !/\bruby\b/i.test(entry))
@@ -3415,7 +3424,7 @@ function getAvailableVersions(platform, engine) {
 
 async function install(platform, ruby) {
   const rubyPrefix = await downloadAndExtract(platform, ruby)
-  let newPathEntries;
+  let newPathEntries
   if (ruby.startsWith('rubinius')) {
     newPathEntries = [path.join(rubyPrefix, 'bin'), path.join(rubyPrefix, 'gems', 'bin')]
   } else {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 524ba4a98..1cda431ee 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export async function run() {
     const engineVersions = installer.getAvailableVersions(platform, engine)
     const ruby = validateRubyEngineAndVersion(platform, engineVersions, engine, version)
 
+    createGemRC()
+
     const [rubyPrefix, newPathEntries] = await installer.install(platform, ruby)
 
     setupPath(ruby, newPathEntries)
@@ -82,6 +84,13 @@ function validateRubyEngineAndVersion(platform, engineVersions, engine, version)
   return engine + '-' + version
 }
 
+function createGemRC() {
+  const gemrc = path.join(os.homedir(), '.gemrc')
+  if (!fs.existsSync(gemrc)) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(gemrc, `gem: --no-document${os.EOL}`)
+  }
+}
+
 function setupPath(ruby, newPathEntries) {
     const originalPath = process.env['PATH'].split(path.delimiter)
     let cleanPath = originalPath.filter(entry => !/\bruby\b/i.test(entry))
diff --git a/ruby-builder.js b/ruby-builder.js
index 819dcf07e..773be9aef 100644
--- a/ruby-builder.js
+++ b/ruby-builder.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function getAvailableVersions(platform, engine) {
 
 export async function install(platform, ruby) {
   const rubyPrefix = await downloadAndExtract(platform, ruby)
-  let newPathEntries;
+  let newPathEntries
   if (ruby.startsWith('rubinius')) {
     newPathEntries = [path.join(rubyPrefix, 'bin'), path.join(rubyPrefix, 'gems', 'bin')]
   } else {