diff --git a/environments/ruby/Dockerfile b/environments/ruby/Dockerfile
index 778816a1..28bf0dce 100644
--- a/environments/ruby/Dockerfile
+++ b/environments/ruby/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-FROM ruby:2.4.1
+FROM ruby:2.6.1-alpine3.9
 
-RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y build-essential
-
-RUN mkdir /app
-WORKDIR /app
-ADD Gemfile /app/Gemfile
-ADD Gemfile.lock /app/Gemfile.lock
-RUN bundle install
+RUN apk update
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base
 
 COPY . /app
-
-EXPOSE 8888
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN bundle install
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["ruby"]
 CMD ["server.rb"]
diff --git a/environments/ruby/Gemfile b/environments/ruby/Gemfile
index 4b94f42d..068569a8 100644
--- a/environments/ruby/Gemfile
+++ b/environments/ruby/Gemfile
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "rack"
+gem "thin"
diff --git a/environments/ruby/README.md b/environments/ruby/README.md
index 0e4ea5e9..e5020569 100644
--- a/environments/ruby/README.md
+++ b/environments/ruby/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This is the Ruby environment for Fission.
 
-It's a Docker image containing a Ruby 2.4.1 runtime. The image uses
+It's a Docker image containing a Ruby 2.6.1 runtime. The image uses
 Rack with WEBrick to host the internal web server.
 
 The environment works via convention where you create a Ruby method
diff --git a/environments/ruby/builder/Dockerfile b/environments/ruby/builder/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f73afa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/ruby/builder/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+ARG BUILDER_IMAGE=fission/builder:latest
+FROM ${BUILDER_IMAGE}
+
+FROM ruby:2.6.1-alpine3.9
+COPY --from=0 /builder /builder
+
+RUN apk update
+RUN apk add --no-cache ruby ruby-dev ruby-bundler build-base
+
+ADD defaultBuildCmd /usr/local/bin/build
+
+EXPOSE 8001
diff --git a/environments/ruby/builder/defaultBuildCmd b/environments/ruby/builder/defaultBuildCmd
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e6a2637a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/ruby/builder/defaultBuildCmd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+if [ -f ${SRC_PKG}/Gemfile.lock ]
+then 
+	cd $SRC_PKG
+	bundle install --deployment
+fi
+cp -r ${SRC_PKG} ${DEPLOY_PKG}
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diff --git a/environments/ruby/fission/handler.rb b/environments/ruby/fission/handler.rb
index c11d36ad..a594f5e2 100644
--- a/environments/ruby/fission/handler.rb
+++ b/environments/ruby/fission/handler.rb
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ module Fission
     def self.call(env)
       context = Context.new(env)
 
-      response = if method(:handler).arity > 0
-        handler(context)
+      response = if $handler.arity > 0
+        $handler.call(context)
       else
-        handler
+        $handler.call
       end
 
       response.is_a?(Array) ? response : Rack::Response.new([response]).finish
diff --git a/environments/ruby/fission/specializer.rb b/environments/ruby/fission/specializer.rb
index a6b1dce8..1b85e532 100644
--- a/environments/ruby/fission/specializer.rb
+++ b/environments/ruby/fission/specializer.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
+
 require 'benchmark'
+require 'json'
 
 module Fission
-  CODE_PATH = '/userfunc/user'
-
   module Specializer
+    
+    CODE_PATH = '/userfunc/user'
+
     def self.call(env)
       request = Request.new(env)
 
@@ -12,11 +15,70 @@ module Fission
       time = Benchmark.measure { load CODE_PATH }
       request.logger.info("User code loaded in #{(time.real * 1000).round(3)}ms")
 
-      Rack::Response.new([], 201).finish
+      # set to "handler" for v1 specialization
+      $handler = method(:handler)
 
+      Rack::Response.new([], 201).finish
     rescue => e
       request.logger.error(%(Specialization failed - #{e}\n#{e.backtrace.join("\n")}))
       Rack::Response.new(['500 Internal Server Error'], 500, {}).finish
     end
   end
+
+  module V2
+    module Specializer
+
+      def self.load_vendor(path)
+        gems = Dir[File.join(path, 'vendor/bundle/ruby/*/gems/*/lib')]
+        exts = Dir[File.join(path, 'vendor/bundle/ruby/*/extensions/x86_64-linux/*/*')]
+
+        $LOAD_PATH.unshift(*gems)
+        $LOAD_PATH.unshift(*exts)
+      end
+
+      def self.call(env)
+        request = Request.new(env)
+
+        body = JSON.parse(request.body.read)
+        path = body['filepath']
+        func = body['functionName']
+
+        time = Benchmark.measure do
+          if File.file?(path)
+            # If pointing to just a single file, all we need to do is load it
+            request.logger.debug("Loading file #{path}")
+
+            load path
+          elsif File.directory?(path)
+            # First we want to load all the vendor files
+            load_vendor(path)
+
+            # We then want to get all the .rb files in this src
+            rb_files = File.join(path, "**/*.rb")
+
+            # But we don't want to include the vendor files that we loaded above
+            vendor_dir = File.join(path, 'vendor')
+            src_files = Dir[rb_files].reject {|d| d.start_with?(vendor_dir) }
+
+            request.logger.debug("Loading sources #{src_files}")
+
+            src_files.each do |file|
+              load file
+            end
+          else
+            request.logger.error(%(Specialization failed - could not find src at #{path}}))
+            Rack::Response.new(['500 Internal Server Error'], 500, {}).finish
+
+            return
+          end
+        end
+        request.logger.info("User code loaded in #{(time.real * 1000).round(3)}ms")
+
+        # set global handler for this specialization
+        $handler = method(func)
+
+        Rack::Response.new([], 201).finish
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/environments/ruby/server.rb b/environments/ruby/server.rb
index 6232f750..5b087ab8 100644
--- a/environments/ruby/server.rb
+++ b/environments/ruby/server.rb
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'rack'
+require 'thin'
 require 'logger'
 
 require_relative 'fission/specializer'
 require_relative 'fission/handler'
 
+$handler = nil
+
 app = Rack::Builder.new do
   use Rack::Logger, Logger::DEBUG
+  use Rack::CommonLogger
 
   map "/specialize" do
     run Fission::Specializer
   end
 
-  map "/" do
+  map '/v2/specialize' do
+    run Fission::V2::Specializer
+  end
+
+  map "/healthz" do
+    run ->(env) { [ 200, {}, [] ] }
+  end
+
+  map '/' do
     run Fission::Handler
   end
 end
 
-Rack::Handler::WEBrick.run app, Host: '0.0.0.0', Port: 8888
+Rack::Handler::Thin.run app, Host: '0.0.0.0', Port: 8888
diff --git a/examples/ruby/README.md b/examples/ruby/README.md
index e4140c5b..741b9a04 100644
--- a/examples/ruby/README.md
+++ b/examples/ruby/README.md
@@ -105,3 +105,11 @@ $ curl http://$FISSION_ROUTER/request/123?key=abc
   --BODY--
 
 ```
+
+## V2 Specification Example (with builder support)
+
+```
+$ fission function create --name parse --env ruby --src "parse/*" --entrypoint handler 
+$ fission fn test --name parse --body '<message>This is my message</message>'
+  This is my message
+```
diff --git a/examples/ruby/parse/Gemfile b/examples/ruby/parse/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b24e9c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ruby/parse/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+git_source(:github) {|repo_name| "https://github.com/#{repo_name}" }
+
+gem "nokogiri"
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diff --git a/examples/ruby/parse/Gemfile.lock b/examples/ruby/parse/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8a7a823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ruby/parse/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    mini_portile2 (2.4.0)
+    nokogiri (1.10.1)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  nokogiri
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   1.16.1
diff --git a/examples/ruby/parse/parse.rb b/examples/ruby/parse/parse.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f999b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ruby/parse/parse.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'nokogiri'
+
+def handler(context)
+  context.logger.info("Received request")
+
+  doc = Nokogiri::XML(context.request.body.read)
+  ele = doc.at_xpath('//message')
+  msg = ele.nil? ? 'No Message' : ele.content
+
+   Rack::Response.new([msg, "\n"]).finish
+end
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