diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1a16b54..5fec2bc 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ require "rake/testtask"
 
 name = "stringio"
 
-if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
+case RUBY_ENGINE
+when "jruby"
   require 'rake/javaextensiontask'
   extask = Rake::JavaExtensionTask.new("stringio") do |ext|
     ext.lib_dir << "/#{ext.platform}"
@@ -13,15 +14,22 @@ if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
   end
 
   task :build => "#{extask.lib_dir}/#{extask.name}.jar"
-else
+when "ruby"
   require 'rake/extensiontask'
   extask = Rake::ExtensionTask.new(name) do |x|
     x.lib_dir << "/#{RUBY_VERSION}/#{x.platform}"
   end
+else
+  task :compile
 end
+
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
-  ENV["RUBYOPT"] = "-I" + [extask.lib_dir, "test/lib"].join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)
-  t.libs << extask.lib_dir
+  if extask
+    ENV["RUBYOPT"] = "-I" + [extask.lib_dir, "test/lib"].join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)
+    t.libs << extask.lib_dir
+  else
+    ENV["RUBYOPT"] = "-Itest/lib"
+  end
   t.libs << "test/lib"
   t.ruby_opts << "-rhelper"
   t.test_files = FileList["test/**/test_*.rb"]
diff --git a/ext/stringio/extconf.rb b/ext/stringio/extconf.rb
index ad8650d..553732f 100644
--- a/ext/stringio/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/stringio/extconf.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: false
 require 'mkmf'
-create_makefile('stringio')
+if RUBY_ENGINE == 'ruby'
+  create_makefile('stringio')
+else
+  File.write('Makefile', dummy_makefile("").join)
+end