diff --git a/config/patches/ruby/ruby-3.1.6-configure.patch b/config/patches/ruby/ruby-3.1.6-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4b3e464f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/patches/ruby/ruby-3.1.6-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git i/configure.ac w/configure.ac
+index fcae66f775e..c933ed8b91f 100644
+--- i/configure.ac
++++ w/configure.ac
+@@ -363,6 +363,13 @@ AS_IF([test "$GCC" = yes], [
+     icc_version=`echo =__ICC | $CC -E -xc - | sed '/^=/!d;s///;/^__ICC/d'`
+     test -n "$icc_version" || icc_version=0
+     # RUBY_APPEND_OPTIONS(XCFLAGS, ["-include ruby/config.h" "-include ruby/missing.h"])
++
++    AC_CACHE_CHECK([if thread-local storage is supported], [rb_cv_tls_supported],
++        [AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[int __thread conftest;]])],
++            [rb_cv_tls_supported=yes],
++            [rb_cv_tls_supported=no])])
++    AS_IF([test x"$rb_cv_tls_supported" != xyes],
++        [AC_DEFINE(RB_THREAD_LOCAL_SPECIFIER_IS_UNSUPPORTED)])
+ ], [
+     linker_flag=
+ ])
+diff --git i/thread_pthread.h w/thread_pthread.h
+index 2ac354046c0..7d4df3e2785 100644
+--- i/thread_pthread.h
++++ w/thread_pthread.h
+@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ typedef struct rb_global_vm_lock_struct {
+ 
+ #if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112
+   #define RB_THREAD_LOCAL_SPECIFIER _Thread_local
+-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
++#elif defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(RB_THREAD_LOCAL_SPECIFIER_IS_UNSUPPORTED)
+   /* note that ICC (linux) and Clang are covered by __GNUC__ */
+   #define RB_THREAD_LOCAL_SPECIFIER __thread
+ #else
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/software/ruby-msys2-devkit.rb b/config/software/ruby-msys2-devkit.rb
index 4a977be9a..a6d4898dd 100644
--- a/config/software/ruby-msys2-devkit.rb
+++ b/config/software/ruby-msys2-devkit.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 version "3.1.6-1" do
   source url: "https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller2/releases/download/RubyInstaller-#{version}/rubyinstaller-#{version}-x64.exe",
-          sha256: "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
+          sha256: "42f71849f0ae053df8d40182e00ee82a98ac5faa69d815fa850566f2d3711174"
   internal_source url: "#{ENV["ARTIFACTORY_REPO_URL"]}/#{name}/rubyinstaller-devkit-#{version}-x64.exe",
                   authorization: "X-JFrog-Art-Api:#{ENV["ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN"]}"
 end
diff --git a/config/software/ruby.rb b/config/software/ruby.rb
index ceb340a88..eec86a720 100644
--- a/config/software/ruby.rb
+++ b/config/software/ruby.rb
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@
   if suse? && version.satisfies?("= 3.1.4")
     patch source: "ruby-3.1.4-configure.patch", plevel: 1, env: patch_env
   end
+  if suse? && version.satisfies?("= 3.1.6")
+    patch source: "ruby-3.1.6-configure.patch", plevel: 1, env: patch_env
+  end
+
   # RHEL6 has a base compiler that does not support -fstack-protector-strong, but we
   # cannot build modern ruby on the RHEL6 base compiler, and the configure script
   # determines that it supports that flag and so includes it and then ultimately
@@ -181,6 +185,8 @@
     if rhel? && platform_version.satisfies?(">=7")
       if version.satisfies?("= 3.1.4")
         patch source: "ruby-3.1.4-configure.patch", plevel: 1, env: patch_env
+      elsif version.satisfies?("= 3.1.6")
+        patch source: "ruby-3.1.6-configure.patch", plevel: 1, env: patch_en  
       end
     end
   end