diff --git a/bin/sup b/bin/sup
index ad7a0d146..a1a88b6c1 100755
--- a/bin/sup
+++ b/bin/sup
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ end
 
 no_gpgme = false
 begin
+  # gpgme broke its API in 2.0, so make sure we have the old version for now.
+  gem 'gpgme', '=1.0.8'
   require 'gpgme'
 rescue LoadError
   no_gpgme = true
diff --git a/lib/sup/crypto.rb b/lib/sup/crypto.rb
index bc96f88ae..9452c737e 100644
--- a/lib/sup/crypto.rb
+++ b/lib/sup/crypto.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 begin
+  # gpgme broke its API in 2.0, so make sure we have the old version for now.
+  gem 'gpgme', '=1.0.8'
   require 'gpgme'
 rescue LoadError
 end