diff --git a/misc/mc.ext.in b/misc/mc.ext.in
index 2891c9a6f..0554b746d 100644
--- a/misc/mc.ext.in
+++ b/misc/mc.ext.in
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ regex/^\[git\]
 ### Archives ###
 
 # .tgz, .tpz, .tar.gz, .tar.z, .tar.Z, .ipk
-regex/\.t([gp]?z|ar\.g?[zZ])$|\.ipk$
+regex/\.t([gp]?z|ar\.g?[zZ])$|\.ipk|\.gem$
 	Open=%cd %p/utar://
 	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc %f 2>/dev/null | tar tvvf -