diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 214520fefe..3e52e885cb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Dec 23 18:02:52 2007  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+	* lib/rubygems/gem_open_uri.rb:  Fix version check.
+
 Sun Dec 23 17:24:48 2007  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* encoding.c (rb_enc_init): add eucJP as an alias of EUC-JP.
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/gem_open_uri.rb b/lib/rubygems/gem_open_uri.rb
index 6e35413b37..597930dc50 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/gem_open_uri.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/gem_open_uri.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-if RUBY_VERSION < "1.9"
-  require 'rubygems/open-uri'
-else
+if RUBY_VERSION > '1.9' then
   require 'open-uri'
+else
+  require 'rubygems/open-uri'
 end