diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8c2ed89c8b0bc5a41307b3f6525d73d56385b50e..45b62b1bc7032901246cdda54df02fb7e3a4d460 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if File.exist?(database_file)
         gem "jdbc-sqlite3", ">= 3.8.10.1", :platforms => :jruby
         gem "activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter", :platforms => :jruby
       when /sqlserver/
-        gem "tiny_tds", "~> 1.0.5", :platforms => [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
+        gem "tiny_tds", (RUBY_VERSION >= "2.0" ? "~> 1.0.5" : "~> 0.7.0"), :platforms => [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
         gem "activerecord-sqlserver-adapter", :platforms => [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
       else
         warn("Unknown database adapter `#{adapter}` found in config/database.yml, use Gemfile.local to load your own database gems")