diff -r 37b90355f58e ruby.railsprojects/nbproject/project.xml
--- a/ruby.railsprojects/nbproject/project.xml	Wed Mar 24 13:57:05 2010 +0100
+++ b/ruby.railsprojects/nbproject/project.xml	Wed Mar 24 16:59:50 2010 +0100
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@
                     </run-dependency>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
+                    <code-name-base>org.netbeans.modules.web.common</code-name-base>
+                    <build-prerequisite/>
+                    <compile-dependency/>
+                    <run-dependency>
+                        <specification-version>1.1</specification-version>
+                    </run-dependency>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
                     <code-name-base>org.netbeans.modules.server</code-name-base>
                     <build-prerequisite/>
                     <compile-dependency/>
diff -r 37b90355f58e ruby.railsprojects/src/org/netbeans/modules/ruby/railsprojects/RailsProject.java
--- a/ruby.railsprojects/src/org/netbeans/modules/ruby/railsprojects/RailsProject.java	Wed Mar 24 13:57:05 2010 +0100
+++ b/ruby.railsprojects/src/org/netbeans/modules/ruby/railsprojects/RailsProject.java	Wed Mar 24 16:59:50 2010 +0100
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.modules.ruby.rubyproject.UpdateHelper;
 import org.netbeans.modules.ruby.rubyproject.spi.PropertiesProvider;
 import org.netbeans.modules.ruby.spi.project.support.rake.RakeProjectHelper;
+import org.netbeans.modules.web.common.spi.ProjectWebRootProvider;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.AuxiliaryConfiguration;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.AuxiliaryProperties;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.SubprojectProvider;
@@ -145,8 +146,8 @@
                 public SharedRubyProjectProperties getProperties() {
                     return new RailsProjectProperties(RailsProject.this, updateHelper, evaluator(), refHelper, genFilesHelper);
                 }
-        }
-
+            },
+            new ProjectWebRootProviderImpl()
         });
         return LookupProviderSupport.createCompositeLookup(base, "Projects/org-netbeans-modules-ruby-railsprojects/Lookup"); //NOI18N
     }
@@ -253,4 +254,12 @@
         }
         
     }
+
+    private final class ProjectWebRootProviderImpl implements ProjectWebRootProvider {
+
+        @Override
+        public FileObject getWebRoot(FileObject file) {
+            return getProjectDirectory().getFileObject("public"); // NOI18N
+        }
+    }
 }
diff -r 37b90355f58e web.common/nbproject/project.xml
--- a/web.common/nbproject/project.xml	Wed Mar 24 13:57:05 2010 +0100
+++ b/web.common/nbproject/project.xml	Wed Mar 24 16:59:50 2010 +0100
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
                 <friend>org.netbeans.modules.css.editor</friend>
                 <friend>org.netbeans.modules.html.editor</friend>
                 <friend>org.netbeans.modules.php.project</friend>
+                <friend>org.netbeans.modules.ruby.railsprojects</friend>
                 <friend>org.netbeans.modules.web.jsf.editor</friend>
                 <friend>org.netbeans.modules.web.project</friend>
                 <package>org.netbeans.modules.web.common.api</package>