diff --git a/configs/components/runtime-pe-bolt-server.rb b/configs/components/runtime-pe-bolt-server.rb
index b8fd50a52..4dddc4005 100644
--- a/configs/components/runtime-pe-bolt-server.rb
+++ b/configs/components/runtime-pe-bolt-server.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # This component exists to install project-wide build dependencies for pe-bolt-server projects
 component "runtime-pe-bolt-server" do |pkg, settings, platform|
+
+  builtin_ruby ||= settings[:builtin_ruby]
+
   # PE Bolt Server depends on puppet-agent - it uses the agent's ruby installation to build gems.
   # Add the enterprise repo for this project's PE version so that puppet-agent can be installed as a build dependency:
   if platform.name =~ /ubuntu-18\.04/
@@ -19,4 +22,22 @@
   end
 
   pkg.build_requires('puppet-agent')
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  if builtin_ruby
+    pkg.build_requires "libffi"
+    pkg.build_requires "libyaml"
+
+    # PROJECT_SHORTNAME is used in the runtime script to determine the
+    # libdir where we put all the linked lib files. For bolt-server there's
+    # a whole path it needs to follow instead of just a name like 'installer'
+    # or 'bolt'.
+    pkg.environment "PROJECT_SHORTNAME", "server/apps/bolt-server"
+    pkg.add_source "file://resources/files/runtime/runtime.sh"
+    if platform.name =~ /el-[567]|redhatfips-7|sles-(11|12)|ubuntu-18.04-amd64/
+      libbase = platform.architecture =~ /64/ ? 'lib64' : 'lib'
+      libdir = "/opt/pl-build-tools/#{libbase}"
+      pkg.install do
+        "bash runtime.sh #{libdir}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/configs/projects/_shared-pe-bolt-server_with_ruby.rb b/configs/projects/_shared-pe-bolt-server_with_ruby.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0dd55ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/projects/_shared-pe-bolt-server_with_ruby.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+# This "project" is a common basis for all pe-bolt-server branches. It should
+# not be built on its own. Instead, other project files should load it with
+# instance_eval. See configs/projects/pe-bolt-server-runtime-<branchname>.rb
+# for branch-specific details.
+unless defined?(proj)
+  warn("'#{File.basename(__FILE__)}' is a set of basic configuration values" \
+       " shared by all pe-bolt-server projects; It cannot be built as a" \
+       " standalone project.")
+  warn("Please choose one of the other pe-bolt-server projects instead.")
+  exit(1)
+end
+
+pe_version = settings[:pe_version]
+unless pe_version && !pe_version.empty?
+  warn("You must set the `pe_version` setting in your pe-bolt-server project" \
+       " file before instance_eval'ing '#{File.basename(__FILE__)}'. This should" \
+       " be an x.y version like '2019.1' or similar.")
+  exit(1)
+end
+
+proj.description('The PE Bolt runtime contains third-party components needed for PE Bolt server packaging')
+proj.license('See components')
+proj.vendor('Puppet, Inc.  <info@puppet.com>')
+proj.homepage('https://puppet.com')
+proj.identifier('com.puppetlabs')
+proj.version_from_git
+proj.generate_archives(true)
+proj.generate_packages(false)
+
+proj.setting(:artifactory_url, "https://artifactory.delivery.puppetlabs.net/artifactory")
+proj.setting(:buildsources_url, "#{proj.artifactory_url}/generic/buildsources")
+
+# This setting can be used sparingly in component configurations to conditionally include dependencies:
+proj.setting(:runtime_project, 'pe-bolt-server')
+
+# Ruby + OpenSSL included with bolt-server
+# --------------------------------------------
+#
+# Starting with pe-bolt-server packages installed next to Puppet 8
+# pe-bolt-server now vendors its own ruby and openssl installation.
+proj.setting(:builtin_ruby, true)
+
+# Set desired versions for gem components that offer multiple versions:
+# TODO: Can runtime projects use these updated versions?
+proj.setting(:rubygem_deep_merge_version, '1.2.2')
+proj.setting(:rubygem_net_ssh_version, '7.0.1')
+
+# (pe-bolt-server does not run on Windows, so only the *nix path is here)
+proj.setting(:prefix, '/opt/puppetlabs/server/apps/bolt-server')
+proj.setting(:bindir, File.join(proj.prefix, 'bin'))
+proj.setting(:libdir, File.join(proj.prefix, 'lib'))
+proj.setting(:includedir, File.join(proj.prefix, "include"))
+
+# proj.ruby_dir needs to be set by the individual versions of pe-bolt-server-runtime. Bolt-Server versions running
+# alongside puppet 8 and later use their own ruby instead of the agent's.
+proj.setting(:ruby_dir, proj.prefix)
+proj.setting(:ruby_bindir, File.join(proj.ruby_dir, 'bin'))
+proj.setting(:host_ruby, File.join(proj.ruby_bindir, 'ruby'))
+proj.setting(:host_gem, File.join(proj.ruby_bindir, 'gem'))
+proj.setting(:gem_build, "#{proj.host_gem} build")
+
+# We build bolt server with the ruby installed in the puppet-agent dep. For ruby 2.7 we need to use a --no-document flag
+# for gem installs instead of --no-ri --no-rdoc. This setting allows us to use this while we support both ruby 2.5 and 2.7
+# Once we are no longer using ruby 2.5 we can update.
+if proj.no_doc
+  proj.setting(:gem_install, "#{proj.host_gem} install --no-document --local --bindir=#{proj.bindir}")
+else
+  proj.setting(:gem_install, "#{proj.host_gem} install --no-rdoc --no-ri --local --bindir=#{proj.bindir}")
+end
+
+
+proj.setting(:datadir, File.join(proj.prefix, "share"))
+proj.setting(:mandir, File.join(proj.datadir, "man"))
+
+ruby_base_version = proj.ruby_version.gsub(/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/, '\1.\2.0')
+proj.setting(:gem_home, File.join(proj.libdir, 'ruby', 'gems', ruby_base_version))
+
+# Define default CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for most platforms, and then
+# tweak or adjust them as needed.
+proj.setting(:cppflags, "-I#{proj.includedir} -I/opt/pl-build-tools/include")
+proj.setting(:cflags, "#{proj.cppflags}")
+proj.setting(:ldflags, "-L#{proj.libdir} -L/opt/pl-build-tools/lib -Wl,-rpath=#{proj.libdir}")
+
+# Platform specific overrides or settings, which may override the defaults
+
+# Harden Linux ELF binaries by compiling with PIE (Position Independent Executables) support,
+# stack canary and full RELRO.
+# We only do this on platforms that use their default OS toolchain since pl-gcc versions
+# are too old to support these flags.
+if platform.name =~ /sles-15|el-8|debian-10/ || platform.is_fedora?
+  proj.setting(:cppflags, "-I#{proj.includedir} -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2")
+  proj.setting(:cflags, '-fstack-protector-strong -fno-plt -O2')
+  proj.setting(:ldflags, "-L#{proj.libdir} -Wl,-rpath=#{proj.libdir},-z,relro,-z,now")
+end
+
+# Required to build ruby
+proj.component 'libffi'
+proj.component 'libyaml'
+
+# Actually include the openssl/ruby components.
+proj.component "openssl-#{proj.openssl_version}"
+proj.component "ruby-#{proj.ruby_version}"
+
+# What to build?
+# --------------
+
+# This component installs the puppet-agent build dependency:
+proj.component('runtime-pe-bolt-server')
+
+# R10k dependencies
+proj.component('rubygem-gettext-setup')
+
+# Puppet dependencies
+proj.component 'rubygem-deep_merge'
+proj.component 'rubygem-text'
+proj.component 'rubygem-locale'
+proj.component 'rubygem-gettext'
+proj.component 'rubygem-fast_gettext'
+proj.component 'rubygem-semantic_puppet'
+
+# hiera-eyaml and its dependencies
+proj.component('rubygem-highline')
+proj.component('rubygem-optimist')
+proj.component('rubygem-hiera-eyaml')
+
+# faraday and its dependencies
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-em_http')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-em_synchrony')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-excon')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-httpclient')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-multipart')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-net_http')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-patron')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-rack')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday-retry')
+proj.component('rubygem-faraday_middleware')
+proj.component('rubygem-ruby2_keywords')
+
+# Core dependencies
+proj.component('rubygem-addressable')
+proj.component('rubygem-aws-eventstream')
+proj.component('rubygem-aws-partitions')
+proj.component('rubygem-aws-sdk-core')
+proj.component('rubygem-aws-sdk-ec2')
+proj.component('rubygem-aws-sigv4')
+proj.component('rubygem-bcrypt_pbkdf')
+proj.component('rubygem-bindata')
+proj.component('rubygem-builder')
+proj.component('rubygem-CFPropertyList')
+proj.component('rubygem-colored2')
+proj.component('rubygem-concurrent-ruby')
+proj.component('rubygem-connection_pool')
+proj.component('rubygem-cri')
+proj.component('rubygem-ed25519')
+proj.component('rubygem-erubi')
+proj.component('rubygem-facter')
+proj.component('rubygem-ffi')
+proj.component('rubygem-gssapi')
+proj.component('rubygem-gyoku')
+proj.component('rubygem-hiera')
+proj.component('rubygem-hocon')
+proj.component('rubygem-httpclient')
+proj.component('rubygem-jmespath')
+proj.component('rubygem-jwt')
+proj.component('rubygem-little-plugger')
+proj.component('rubygem-log4r')
+proj.component('rubygem-logging')
+proj.component('rubygem-minitar')
+proj.component('rubygem-molinillo')
+proj.component('rubygem-multi_json')
+proj.component('rubygem-multipart-post')
+proj.component('rubygem-net-http-persistent')
+proj.component('rubygem-net-scp')
+proj.component('rubygem-net-ssh')
+proj.component('rubygem-net-ssh-krb')
+proj.component('rubygem-nori')
+proj.component('rubygem-orchestrator_client')
+proj.component('rubygem-public_suffix')
+proj.component('rubygem-paint')
+proj.component('rubygem-puppet')
+proj.component('rubygem-puppet_forge')
+proj.component('rubygem-puppet-resource_api')
+proj.component('rubygem-puppet-strings')
+proj.component('rubygem-puppetfile-resolver')
+proj.component('rubygem-r10k')
+proj.component('rubygem-rgen')
+proj.component('rubygem-rubyntlm')
+proj.component('rubygem-ruby_smb')
+proj.component('rubygem-rubyzip')
+proj.component('rubygem-scanf')
+proj.component('rubygem-terminal-table')
+proj.component('rubygem-thor')
+proj.component('rubygem-unicode-display_width')
+proj.component('rubygem-webrick')
+proj.component('rubygem-yard')
+
+# Core Windows dependencies
+proj.component('rubygem-windows_error')
+proj.component('rubygem-winrm')
+proj.component('rubygem-winrm-fs')
+
+# Export the settings for the current project and platform as yaml during builds
+proj.publish_yaml_settings
+
+if platform.name =~ /^el-8-.*/
+  # Disable build-id generation since it's currently generating conflicts
+  # with system libgcc and libstdc++
+  proj.package_override("# Disable build-id generation to avoid conflicts\n%global _build_id_links none")
+end
+
+proj.directory(proj.prefix)
diff --git a/configs/projects/pe-bolt-server-runtime-main.rb b/configs/projects/pe-bolt-server-runtime-main.rb
index 78c72ddc6..c1fdf853d 100644
--- a/configs/projects/pe-bolt-server-runtime-main.rb
+++ b/configs/projects/pe-bolt-server-runtime-main.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
   # Once we are no longer using ruby 2.5 we can update.
   proj.setting(:no_doc, true)
 
-  instance_eval File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '_shared-pe-bolt-server.rb'))
+  proj.setting(:ruby_version, '3.2.2')
+  proj.setting(:openssl_version, '3.0')
+
+  instance_eval File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '_shared-pe-bolt-server_with_ruby.rb'))
+
   # TODO: Work around PE-36078 by using forked non-optimal solution
   proj.component('rubygem-rubyntlm-fork')
   proj.component 'rubygem-prime'