diff --git a/grpc.gemspec b/grpc.gemspec
index 8d5b7b2ab1c299bfa0de49726750bd8ad77b263f..1d2ee0725a832e95515cd75b0749fdfb089b0312 100755
--- a/grpc.gemspec
+++ b/grpc.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += Dir.glob('include/grpc/**/*')
   s.test_files = Dir.glob('src/ruby/spec/**/*')
   s.bindir = 'src/ruby/bin'
-  s.require_paths = %w( src/ruby/bin src/ruby/lib src/ruby/pb )
+  s.require_paths = %w( src/ruby/lib src/ruby/bin src/ruby/pb )
   s.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
 
   s.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.1'
diff --git a/templates/grpc.gemspec.template b/templates/grpc.gemspec.template
index 462ea52614069e651fab784b922a44c764d7019d..80ce643d8026201a51db87690a7d35058dda3ee0 100644
--- a/templates/grpc.gemspec.template
+++ b/templates/grpc.gemspec.template
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     s.files += Dir.glob('include/grpc/**/*')
     s.test_files = Dir.glob('src/ruby/spec/**/*')
     s.bindir = 'src/ruby/bin'
-    s.require_paths = %w( src/ruby/bin src/ruby/lib src/ruby/pb )
+    s.require_paths = %w( src/ruby/lib src/ruby/bin src/ruby/pb )
     s.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
 
     s.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.1'