--- ruby-2.1.2/ruby_atomic.h.orig	2014-09-29 14:08:29.000000000 -0500
+++ ruby-2.1.2/ruby_atomic.h	2014-09-29 14:08:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 # endif
 
 #else
-typedef int rb_atomic_t;
+typedef long rb_atomic_t;
 #define NEED_RUBY_ATOMIC_OPS
 extern rb_atomic_t ruby_atomic_exchange(rb_atomic_t *ptr, rb_atomic_t val);
 extern rb_atomic_t ruby_atomic_compare_and_swap(rb_atomic_t *ptr,