diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4c20fef..984e9bc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gem 'ffi'
 
 group :development do
   gem 'rake'
-  gem 'rspec'
+  gem 'rspec', '~> 2.99.0'
   gem 'jruby-openssl', :platforms => :jruby
 end
 
diff --git a/krypt.gemspec b/krypt.gemspec
index 77757d6..e2bb68c 100644
--- a/krypt.gemspec
+++ b/krypt.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+$:.unshift File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+
 require 'krypt/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
diff --git a/lib/krypt/provider.rb b/lib/krypt/provider.rb
index 7def12e..93fa93c 100644
--- a/lib/krypt/provider.rb
+++ b/lib/krypt/provider.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 require_relative 'provider/provider'
 
+##
+# If JRuby is configured with native API access disabled, requiring the FFI
+# provider will result in a LoadError. The FFI provider is not required at
+# runtime as there is always a default (Java-based) provider.
+#
+
+def java?
+  !! (RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/)
+end
+
+def native_disabled?
+  require 'jruby'
+  !JRuby.runtime.instance_config.native_enabled
+end
+
 begin
   require_relative 'provider/ffi'
 rescue LoadError => e
-  # cf. https://github.com/krypt/krypt/issues/47
-  warn "FFI provider could not be loaded. Error message: #{e}"
+  if java? && native_disabled?
+    # Do not use the FFI provider with JRuby and native API access disabled
+  else
+    raise e
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/krypt/version.rb b/lib/krypt/version.rb
index 895abc7..65f8128 100644
--- a/lib/krypt/version.rb
+++ b/lib/krypt/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Krypt
-  VERSION = "0.0.2.rc1"
+  VERSION = "0.0.2"
 end