diff --git a/community/ruby-concurrent-ruby/APKBUILD b/community/ruby-concurrent-ruby/APKBUILD
index b0c561e4046..8ef9c993e9d 100644
--- a/community/ruby-concurrent-ruby/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/ruby-concurrent-ruby/APKBUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ build() {
 
 	gem build $_gemname.gemspec
 
-	rake compile
 	gem build $_gemname-ext.gemspec
 	RUBYLIB="$(pwd)/lib" gem install --local \
 		--install-dir dist \
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ build() {
 
 check() {
 	cd "$builddir"
+
+	rake compile
 	rspec --tag ~unfinished --tag ~buggy --tag ~edge spec
 }