diff --git a/radicle-cli/Cargo.toml b/radicle-cli/Cargo.toml
index 6058bc3dc..cf6738764 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ tree-sitter-css = { version = "0.19" }
 tree-sitter-toml = { version = "0.20" }
 tree-sitter-c = { version = "0.20" }
 tree-sitter-python = { version = "0.20" }
-tree-sitter-ruby = { version = "0.20" }
+# N.b. This crate has a C++ token scanner that causes problems when building
+# for the musl target. Hence it is optional for now.
+tree-sitter-ruby = { version = "0.20", optional = true }
 tree-sitter-bash = { version = "0.20" }
 tree-sitter-go = { version = "0.20.0" }
 tree-sitter-md = { version = "0.1.5" }
diff --git a/radicle-cli/src/terminal/highlight.rs b/radicle-cli/src/terminal/highlight.rs
index a994d6042..6c86e66d6 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/src/terminal/highlight.rs
+++ b/radicle-cli/src/terminal/highlight.rs
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ impl Highlighter {
                 )
                 .expect("Highlighter::config: highlight configuration must be valid")
             })),
+            #[cfg(feature = "tree-sitter-ruby")]
             "ruby" => Some(self.configs.entry(language).or_insert_with(|| {
                 ts::HighlightConfiguration::new(
                     tree_sitter_ruby::language(),