require 'rbconfig' cflags = if RUBY_VERSION =~ /1.9/ then "-I#{RbConfig::CONFIG['rubyhdrdir']} -I#{RbConfig::CONFIG['rubyhdrdir']}/#{RbConfig::CONFIG['arch']}" else "-I#{RbConfig::CONFIG["topdir"]} -I#{RbConfig::CONFIG['rubyhdrdir']} -I#{RbConfig::CONFIG['rubyhdrdir']}/#{RbConfig::CONFIG['arch']}" end puts cflags