diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb
index 6cd2ea2bbd808d408437802828685322b9ab31e8..92f40b9e316b24bb7c93501ff8fb84a0ec097f55 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def gem(*args)
         log :gemfile, message
 
         options.each do |option, value|
-          parts << ":#{option} => #{value.inspect}"
+          parts << "#{option}: #{value.inspect}"
         end
 
         in_root do
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
index 722e37e20b0ff79c77eb45cd110aa8cc18df787f..7088367462d7fbd98beb67b15304df6aad832085 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def gemfile_entry
 
       gemfile_in_app_path = File.join(rails_app_path, "Gemfile")
       if File.exist? gemfile_in_app_path
-        entry = "gem '#{name}', :path => '#{relative_path}'"
+        entry = "gem '#{name}', path: '#{relative_path}'"
         append_file gemfile_in_app_path, entry
       end
     end
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
index a8c8fcd5b7afbffe944d890bbfe1544202d5e91d..bc086c5986d3d2ec120c3126a8d341ac012c4c49 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/actions_test.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ def test_gem_should_insert_on_separate_lines
     assert_file 'Gemfile', /^gem "rspec-rails"$/
   end
 
+  def test_gem_should_include_options
+    run_generator
+
+    action :gem, 'rspec', github: 'dchelimsky/rspec', tag: '1.2.9.rc1'
+
+    assert_file 'Gemfile', /gem "rspec", github: "dchelimsky\/rspec", tag: "1\.2\.9\.rc1"/
+  end
+
   def test_gem_group_should_wrap_gems_in_a_group
     run_generator
 
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb
index 51374e5f3f24f010fd9178a0e927dcf3050a101c..58740978aa28cec69733e4a36f3e034851515597 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/plugin_new_generator_test.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def test_creating_plugin_in_app_directory_adds_gemfile_entry
 
     run_generator [destination_root]
 
-    assert_file gemfile_path, /gem 'bukkits', :path => 'tmp\/bukkits'/
+    assert_file gemfile_path, /gem 'bukkits', path: 'tmp\/bukkits'/
   ensure
     Object.send(:remove_const, 'APP_PATH')
     FileUtils.rm gemfile_path
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def test_skipping_gemfile_entry
     run_generator [destination_root, "--skip-gemfile-entry"]
 
     assert_file gemfile_path do |contents|
-      assert_no_match(/gem 'bukkits', :path => 'tmp\/bukkits'/, contents)
+      assert_no_match(/gem 'bukkits', path: 'tmp\/bukkits'/, contents)
     end
   ensure
     Object.send(:remove_const, 'APP_PATH')