diff --git a/lib/sinatra/base.rb b/lib/sinatra/base.rb
index 1d1c91c2e9..e3c4376ef8 100644
--- a/lib/sinatra/base.rb
+++ b/lib/sinatra/base.rb
@@ -940,6 +940,9 @@ def metadef(message, &block)
         /active_support/,      # active_support require hacks
       ] unless self.const_defined?('CALLERS_TO_IGNORE')
 
+      # add rubinius (and hopefully other VM impls) ignore patterns ...
+      CALLERS_TO_IGNORE.concat(RUBY_IGNORE_CALLERS) if defined?(RUBY_IGNORE_CALLERS)
+
       # Like Kernel#caller but excluding certain magic entries and without
       # line / method information; the resulting array contains filenames only.
       def caller_files