diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7e52338..4fd8186 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,10 +7,3 @@ gem "rake"
 gem "rspec", "~> 2.0"
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem 'gem-compiler' unless Object.const_defined?(:RUBY_ENGINE) && RUBY_ENGINE == 'rbx'
-
-group :libv8 do
-  gem 'libv8', "~> 3.11.8"
-end
-
-
-
diff --git a/ext/v8/extconf.rb b/ext/v8/extconf.rb
index 4107921..6590f43 100644
--- a/ext/v8/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/v8/extconf.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ end
 if enable_config('debug')
   $CFLAGS += " -O0 -ggdb3"
 end
-if have_rubygem_libv8?
-  build_with_rubygem_libv8
-else
-  build_with_system_libv8
+
+begin
+require 'libv8'
+rescue LoadError
+require 'rubygems'
+gem 'libv8'
+require 'libv8'
 end
+Libv8.configure_makefile
 
 create_makefile('v8/init')
diff --git a/lib/v8/version.rb b/lib/v8/version.rb
index 66b9c3e..89c6ac7 100644
--- a/lib/v8/version.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module V8
-  VERSION = "0.11.0"
+  VERSION = "0.11.1beta1"
 end
diff --git a/therubyracer.gemspec b/therubyracer.gemspec
index cef1bae..9ed3e58 100644
--- a/therubyracer.gemspec
+++ b/therubyracer.gemspec
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.version       = V8::VERSION
 
   gem.add_dependency 'ref'
+  gem.add_dependency 'libv8', '~> 3.11.8.5'
 end