diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+vendor
+*.gem
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in bootstrap-combobox-rails.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad3ae9e..5cf1ba1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ Then just activate the plugin on a normal select box(suggest having a blank opti
 ## Live Example
 
 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21368/bootstrap-combobox/index.html
+
+## Ruby
+
+This is published/publishable as a ruby gem as well.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
diff --git a/bootstrap-combobox.gemspec b/bootstrap-combobox.gemspec
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+++ b/bootstrap-combobox.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'bootstrap-combobox/version'
+
+%w{vendor vendor/assets vendor/assets/javascripts vendor/assets/stylesheets }.each do |path|
+  file = File.join(path.split('/'))
+  Dir.mkdir(file) unless Dir.exist?(file)
+end
+
+[[File.join(%w{css bootstrap-combobox.css}), File.join(%w{vendor assets stylesheets bootstrap-combobox.css})],
+  [File.join(%w{js bootstrap-combobox.js}), File.join(%w{vendor assets javascripts bootstrap-combobox.js})]].each do |pair|
+  FileUtils.cp(pair[0], pair[1]) unless File.exist? pair[1]
+end 
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
+  gem.name          = "bootstrap-combobox"
+  gem.version       = Bootstrap::Combobox::VERSION
+  gem.authors       = %w{ danielfarrell denishaskin }
+  gem.email         = %w{ danielfarrell76@gmail.com denis@constantorbit.com }
+  gem.description   = %q{Combobox for Bootstrap, based on Bootstrap typeahead}
+  gem.summary       = %q{Combobox for Bootstrap, based on Bootstrap typeahead}
+  gem.homepage      = "https://github.com/danielfarrell/bootstrap-combobox"
+  gem.license       = 'MIT'
+
+  gem.files         = Dir["{lib,vendor}/**/*"] + ["README.md"]
+  gem.executables   = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+  gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  gem.add_dependency "railties", "~> 3.1"
+end
diff --git a/lib/bootstrap-combobox.rb b/lib/bootstrap-combobox.rb
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index 0000000..a3108c7
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+++ b/lib/bootstrap-combobox.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require "bootstrap-combobox-rails/version"
+
+module Bootstrap
+  module Combobox
+    module Rails
+      class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
+        # Rails, will you please look in our vendor? kthx
+      end    
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/bootstrap-combobox/version.rb b/lib/bootstrap-combobox/version.rb
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index 0000000..f670868
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+++ b/lib/bootstrap-combobox/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module Bootstrap
+  module Combobox 
+    # This version is a little arbitrary; at time of this writing source fork is at 1.1-WIP?   
+    VERSION = "1.1"
+  end
+end