diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index b70de7f7..2e1793a5 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -19,6 +19,31 @@ cp "$BUILD_DIR/nginx/nginx-debug" "$BUILD_DIR/bin/nginx-debug"
 
 nginx_version=$($BUILD_DIR/bin/nginx -V 2>&1 | head -1 | awk '{ print $NF }')
 echo "-----> nginx-buildpack: Installed ${nginx_version} to app/bin"
+
+# The ERB templating feature requires a Ruby install at runtime, for the `erb` command.
+# As of Heroku-22, there is no system Ruby installation in the stack image, so if the
+# app doesn't already have the Ruby buildpack set before this one, we have to vendor
+# our own copy of Ruby and ensure it's on PATH at runtime.
+if ! command -v erb &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "-----> nginx-buildpack: An existing Ruby installation was not found (required for erb template support)"
+  ruby_version="3.1.2"
+  ruby_url="https://heroku-buildpack-ruby.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/${STACK}/ruby-${ruby_version}.tgz"
+  vendored_ruby_dir=".heroku-buildpack-nginx/ruby"
+  mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}/${vendored_ruby_dir}"
+
+  if ! curl --silent --show-error --fail --retry 3 --retry-connrefused --connect-timeout 5 "${ruby_url}" | tar -zxC "${BUILD_DIR}/${vendored_ruby_dir}"; then
+    echo "     ! Failed to download Ruby from '${ruby_url}'" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}/.profile.d"
+  # Deliberately pick the same profile.d script filepath as the Ruby buildpack,
+  # so if the Ruby buildpack comes after this one, it will overwrite this script.
+  echo "export PATH=\"\${HOME}/${vendored_ruby_dir}/bin:\${PATH}\"" > "${BUILD_DIR}/.profile.d/ruby.sh"
+
+  echo "-----> nginx-buildpack: Installed Ruby ${ruby_version}"
+fi
+
 cp bin/start-nginx "$BUILD_DIR/bin/"
 echo '-----> nginx-buildpack: Added start-nginx to app/bin'
 cp bin/start-nginx-debug "$BUILD_DIR/bin/"
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 86168fc5..022d83b3 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.9] - 2022-06-21
+### Changes
+- If a Ruby installation is not found (required for the ERB templating feature), this buildpack will now install its own, to ensure it works on Heroku-22.
+
 ## [1.8] - 2022-05-19
 ### Changes
 - [heroku-18] updated nginx to 1.20.2, bump zlib to 1.2.12, updated PCRE to 8.45
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 0c4a98b7..b24be148 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ The buildpack will not start NGINX until a file has been written to `/tmp/app-in
 
 ## Setup
 
-Here are 2 setup examples. One example for a new app, another for an existing app. In both cases, we are working with ruby & unicorn. Keep in mind that this buildpack is not ruby specific.
+Here are 2 setup examples. One example for a new app, another for an existing app. In both cases, we are working with ruby & unicorn. Keep in mind that this buildpack is not ruby specific. However if your app does happen to use Ruby, make sure to add the NGINX buildpack **after** the Ruby buildpack, so the NGINX buildpack doesn't have to install its own redundant copy of Ruby for the ERB templating feature.
 
 ### Existing App
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Create & Push Heroku App:
 ```bash
 $ heroku create
 $ heroku buildpacks:add heroku/ruby
-$ heroku buildpacks:add https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nginx
+$ heroku buildpacks:add heroku-community/nginx
 $ git add .
 $ git commit -am "init"
 $ git push heroku main