diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 19e8e88..0681aa5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ctags-NEXT (Mon June 6 2007)
 * Fixed typo in man page [Debian bug #366412].
 * Fixed missing chunk of text in man page and over-use of hyphens in UTF-8 locales [Debian bug #271323].
 * Fixed parsing of ` as a method name [Ruby].
+* Fixed parsing of keywords in string literals [Ruby, Bug #1742588].
 * Fixed potential segmentation violation [Bug #1672834, Bug #1222926].
 * Fixed parsing of destructors with whitespace after the '~' [C++, Bug #1585745].
 * Fixed default access of unions to be public [C++, Bug #1548443].
diff --git a/Test/bug1742588.rb b/Test/bug1742588.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43b1a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Test/bug1742588.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class A
+ def a()
+  super(" do ")
+ end
+ def b()
+ end
+end
diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index 35e5150..684c164 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static void findRubyTags (void)
 
 		while (*cp != '\0')
 		{
-			/* FIXME: we don't cope with here documents, or string literals,
+			/* FIXME: we don't cope with here documents,
 			* or regular expression literals, or ... you get the idea.
 			* Hopefully, the restriction above that insists on seeing
 			* definitions at the starts of lines should keep us out of
@@ -374,6 +374,15 @@ static void findRubyTags (void)
 				vStringDelete (stringListLast (nesting));
 				stringListRemoveLast (nesting);
 			}
+			else if (*cp == '"')
+			{
+				/* Skip string literals.
+				 * FIXME: should cope with escapes and interpolation.
+				 */
+				do {
+					++cp;
+				} while (*cp != 0 && *cp != '"');
+			}
 			else if (*cp != '\0')
 			{
 				do