diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 208c99f68..4b0633c22 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 2.0.11 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+2013-07-07: wsfulton
+	    [Ruby] Git issue #52. Fix regression with missing rb_complex_new function for Ruby
+            versions prior to 1.9 using std::complex wrappers if just using std::complex as an output type.
+            Also fix the Complex helper functions external visibility (to static by default).
+
 2013-06-04: olly
 	    [PHP] Fix SWIG_ZTS_ConvertResourcePtr() not to dereference NULL
 	    if the type lookup fails.
diff --git a/Lib/ruby/rubycomplex.swg b/Lib/ruby/rubycomplex.swg
index 542051e99..4e249c71f 100644
--- a/Lib/ruby/rubycomplex.swg
+++ b/Lib/ruby/rubycomplex.swg
@@ -7,34 +7,39 @@
   See the std_complex.i and ccomplex.i for concrete examples.
 */
 
-%fragment("SWIG_Complex_Numbers","header")
+%fragment("rb_complex_new","header")
 {
 %#if !defined(T_COMPLEX)
 /* Ruby versions prior to 1.9 did not have native complex numbers.  They were an extension in the STD library.  */
-VALUE rb_complex_new(VALUE x, VALUE y) {
+SWIGINTERN VALUE rb_complex_new(VALUE x, VALUE y) {
   static ID new_id = rb_intern("new");
   static VALUE cComplex = rb_const_get(rb_cObject, rb_intern("Complex"));
   return rb_funcall(cComplex, new_id, 2, x, y);
 }
+%#endif
+}
 
-static int SWIG_Is_Complex( VALUE obj ) {
+%fragment("SWIG_Complex_Numbers","header")
+{
+%#if !defined(T_COMPLEX)
+SWIGINTERN int SWIG_Is_Complex( VALUE obj ) {
   static ID real_id = rb_intern("real");
   static ID imag_id = rb_intern("imag");
   return ( (rb_respond_to( obj, real_id ) ) &&
            (rb_respond_to( obj, imag_id ) ) );
 }
 %#else
-static int SWIG_Is_Complex( VALUE obj ) {
+SWIGINTERN int SWIG_Is_Complex( VALUE obj ) {
   return TYPE(obj) == T_COMPLEX;
 }
 %#endif
 
-VALUE SWIG_Complex_Real(VALUE obj) {
+SWIGINTERN VALUE SWIG_Complex_Real(VALUE obj) {
   static ID real_id = rb_intern("real");
   return rb_funcall(obj, real_id, 0);
 }
 
-VALUE SWIG_Complex_Imaginary(VALUE obj) {
+SWIGINTERN VALUE SWIG_Complex_Imaginary(VALUE obj) {
   static ID imag_id = rb_intern("imag");
   return rb_funcall(obj, imag_id, 0);
 }
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ VALUE SWIG_Complex_Imaginary(VALUE obj) {
 
 /* the common from converter */
 %define %swig_fromcplx_conv(Type, Real, Imag)
-%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(Type),"header")
+%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(Type),"header",fragment="rb_complex_new")
 {
 SWIGINTERNINLINE VALUE
 SWIG_From(Type)(%ifcplusplus(const Type&, Type) c)