diff --git a/custom-variables.el b/custom-variables.el
index bc20029..ecb360a 100644
--- a/custom-variables.el
+++ b/custom-variables.el
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  '(elscreen-display-tab t)
  '(elscreen-tab-display-control t)
  '(elscreen-tab-display-kill-screen nil)
+ '(eproject-completing-read-function (quote eproject--ido-completing-read))
  '(escreen-number-mode t)
  '(fci-handle-truncate-lines nil)
  '(fci-rule-color "#593B38")
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 2ce71fc..fa8c6ba 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 (load-file "~/.emacs.d/appearance.el")
 (load-file "~/.emacs.d/keybindings.el")
 (load-file "~/.emacs.d/remember.el")
+(load-file "~/.emacs.d/project-definitions.el")
 
 (setq-default tab-width 2)
 (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
diff --git a/packages.el b/packages.el
index 0cc12f8..ba0c96c 100644
--- a/packages.el
+++ b/packages.el
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
                :features dirtree)
         (:name eproject
                :type git
-               :url "https://github.com/jrockway/eproject.git")
+               :url "https://github.com/jrockway/eproject.git"
+               :post-init (lambda ()
+                            (require 'eproject)
+                            (require 'eproject-extras)))
         (:name feature-mode
                :type git
                :url "git://github.com/michaelklishin/cucumber.el.git")
diff --git a/project-definitions.el b/project-definitions.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4360cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-definitions.el
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(when (require 'eproject nil 'noerror)
+  (define-project-type ruby (generic)
+    (or (look-for "Rakefile") (look-for "Gemfile") (look-for "config.ru")
+        (look-for "\.gemspec$") (look-for "Capfile"))
+    :irrelevant-files ("vendor/bundle/" "coverage/" "^#.*#$" "\.DS_Store")))