diff --git a/ChangeLog.asciidoc b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
index 8fc937d3a..3088cbdc9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.asciidoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ https://weechat.org/files/releasenotes/ReleaseNotes-devel.html[release notes]
 * irc: fix display of messages sent to server in raw buffer
 * irc: fix display of invalid UTF-8 chars in raw buffer
 * relay: display the arrow before client id and protocol in raw buffer
+* ruby: fix load of scripts requiring "uri" (issue #433)
 * ruby: fix Ruby detection when pkg-config is not installed
 
 == Version 1.3 (2015-08-16)
diff --git a/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c b/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c
index 409806ba5..5925afca1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c
+++ b/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c
@@ -1093,9 +1093,6 @@ weechat_plugin_init (struct t_weechat_plugin *plugin, int argc, char *argv[])
         "  if RUBY_VERSION.split('.')[0] == '1' and RUBY_VERSION.split('.')[1] <= '8'\n"
         "    require 'rubygems'\n"
         "  else\n"
-        "    require 'enc/encdb.so'\n"
-        "    require 'enc/trans/transdb.so'\n"
-        "\n"
         "    require 'thread'\n"
         "    class ::Mutex\n"
         "      def synchronize(*args)\n"
@@ -1118,6 +1115,8 @@ weechat_plugin_init (struct t_weechat_plugin *plugin, int argc, char *argv[])
         "    end\n"
         "\n"
         "    begin\n"
+        "      require 'enc/encdb.so'\n"
+        "      require 'enc/trans/transdb.so'\n"
         "      module_eval(lines)\n"
         "    rescue Exception => e\n"
         "      @load_eval_file_error = e\n"