diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 1afec64..93256c7 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 if Chef::Resource::ChefGem.instance_methods(false).include?(:compile_time)
   chef_gem 'chef-sugar' do
     version gem_version
+    compile_time true
   end
 else
   chef_gem 'chef-sugar' do