diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 65439129..7cf451ea 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ gem 'bundler'
 
 group :webservers do
   gem 'mongrel',  '~> 1.2.beta', :platform => [:mri, :rbx]
-  gem 'reel',     '>= 0.1.0', :platform => [:ruby_19, :jruby]
+  if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9'
+    gem 'reel',   '>= 0.1.0', :platform => [:ruby_19, :jruby]
+  end
   gem 'hatetepe', '~> 0.5'
 end