diff --git a/config/templates/gitlab-rails/bundle_exec_wrapper.erb b/config/templates/gitlab-rails/bundle_exec_wrapper.erb
index 445fb4d3a76aae7ca8747ffaffc0e304f59d7b33..0cc451232d72b46f4b1411cedc73c5661dea66dc 100644
--- a/config/templates/gitlab-rails/bundle_exec_wrapper.erb
+++ b/config/templates/gitlab-rails/bundle_exec_wrapper.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Unset ENV variables that might interfere with
+# omnibus-gitlab ruby env (looking at you rvm)
+for ruby_env_var in RUBYOPT \
+                    BUNDLE_BIN_PATH \
+                    BUNDLE_GEMFILE \
+                    GEM_PATH \
+                    GEM_HOME
+do
+  unset $ruby_env_var
+done
+
 error_echo()
 {
   echo "$1" 2>& 1