diff --git a/rosdep/ruby.yaml b/rosdep/ruby.yaml
index df7a5287ee6bd..5606b50cf1468 100644
--- a/rosdep/ruby.yaml
+++ b/rosdep/ruby.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ facets:
   gentoo: [dev-ruby/facets]
   osx:
     macports: [rb-facets]
-  ubuntu: [ruby-facets]
+  ubuntu:
+    '*':
+      gem: [facets]
+    bionic: [ruby-facets]
+    xenial: [ruby-facets]
 flexmock:
   debian: [ruby-flexmock]
   fedora: [rubygem-flexmock]
@@ -33,6 +37,11 @@ jekyll:
       gem:
         depends: [ruby1.9.3]
         packages: [jekyll]
+metaruby:
+  debian:
+    gem: [metaruby]
+  ubuntu:
+    gem: [metaruby]
 nokogiri:
   arch: [ruby-nokogiri]
   debian: [ruby-nokogiri]
@@ -111,3 +120,8 @@ ruby-sass:
 ruby1.9.3:
   ubuntu:
     precise: [ruby1.9.3]
+utilrb:
+  debian:
+    gem: [utilrb]
+  ubuntu:
+    gem: [utilrb]