diff --git a/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile b/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile
index 474631d145d3..c599bfaa5474 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${RUBY_SITEARCHLIBDIR}/DBD
 .if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
 	${MKDIR} ${RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR}/${PORTNAME}
-	${CP} -R ${WRKSRC}/examples/* ${RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR}/${PORTNAME}/
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/* ${RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR}/${PORTNAME}/
 	${MKDIR} ${RUBY_DOCDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 .for f in ${DOCS_EN}
 	${CP} -R ${WRKSRC}/${f} ${RUBY_DOCDIR}/${PORTNAME}/
diff --git a/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile.common b/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile.common
index e88130db1297..673d5d821f8c 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile.common
+++ b/databases/ruby-dbi/Makefile.common
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 RUBY_DBI_PORTNAME=	dbi
-RUBY_DBI_VERSION=	0.0.7
+RUBY_DBI_VERSION=	0.0.8
 RUBY_DBI_PORTVERSION=	${RUBY_DBI_VERSION}
 RUBY_DBI_PORTREVISION=	# none
 RUBY_DBI_MASTER_SITES=	http://www.ruby-projects.org/downloads/dbi/
diff --git a/databases/ruby-dbi/distinfo b/databases/ruby-dbi/distinfo
index a6df5f38069a..ddd27c8b5fae 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-dbi/distinfo
+++ b/databases/ruby-dbi/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (ruby/ruby-dbi-all-0.0.7.tar.gz) = c98bb866d1974cf283ede5e251d857ce
+MD5 (ruby/ruby-dbi-all-0.0.8.tar.gz) = 5c5510a15fff74d7e976d4fd0c8b9cc5
diff --git a/databases/ruby-dbi/pkg-plist b/databases/ruby-dbi/pkg-plist
index 801a05d59434..5a1198708bd3 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-dbi/pkg-plist
+++ b/databases/ruby-dbi/pkg-plist
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 @dirrm %%RUBY_SITELIBDIR%%/DBD
 @dirrm %%RUBY_SITEARCHLIBDIR%%/dbi
 @dirrm %%RUBY_SITEARCHLIBDIR%%/DBD
+%%PORTDOCS%%%%RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR%%/dbi/persistence.rb
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR%%/dbi/proxyserver.rb
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR%%/dbi/sqlsh.rb
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%RUBY_EXAMPLESDIR%%/dbi/sqlsh.rb.new