diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/gem_module_add_bindir_option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/gem_module_add_bindir_option.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f47b6deb27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/gem_module_add_bindir_option.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - gem - add ``bindir`` option to specify an installation path for executables such as ``/home/user/bin`` or ``/home/user/.local/bin`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2837).
+  - gem - add ``norc`` option to avoid loading any ``.gemrc`` file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2837).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/language/gem.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/language/gem.py
index 516c9b0a41..c7ccdec498 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/language/gem.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/language/gem.py
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ options:
       These gems will be independent from the global installed ones.
       Specifying this requires user_install to be false.
     required: false
+  bindir:
+    type: path
+    description:
+    - Install executables into a specific directory.
+    version_added: 3.3.0
+  norc:
+    type: bool
+    default: false
+    description:
+    - Avoid loading any C(.gemrc) file. Ignored for RubyGems prior to 2.5.2.
+    - "The current default value will be deprecated in community.general 4.0.0: if the value is not explicitly specified, a deprecation message will be shown."
+    - From community.general 5.0.0 on, the default will be changed to C(true).
+    version_added: 3.3.0
   env_shebang:
     description:
       - Rewrite the shebang line on installed scripts to use /usr/bin/env.
@@ -134,6 +147,9 @@ def get_rubygems_path(module):
 
 
 def get_rubygems_version(module):
+    if hasattr(get_rubygems_version, "ver"):
+        return get_rubygems_version.ver
+
     cmd = get_rubygems_path(module) + ['--version']
     (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True)
 
@@ -141,7 +157,10 @@ def get_rubygems_version(module):
     if not match:
         return None
 
-    return tuple(int(x) for x in match.groups())
+    ver = tuple(int(x) for x in match.groups())
+    get_rubygems_version.ver = ver
+
+    return ver
 
 
 def get_rubygems_environ(module):
@@ -154,6 +173,7 @@ def get_installed_versions(module, remote=False):
 
     cmd = get_rubygems_path(module)
     cmd.append('query')
+    cmd.extend(common_opts(module))
     if remote:
         cmd.append('--remote')
         if module.params['repository']:
@@ -188,6 +208,14 @@ def exists(module):
     return False
 
 
+def common_opts(module):
+    opts = []
+    ver = get_rubygems_version(module)
+    if module.params['norc'] and ver and ver >= (2, 5, 2):
+        opts.append('--norc')
+    return opts
+
+
 def uninstall(module):
 
     if module.check_mode:
@@ -195,9 +223,13 @@ def uninstall(module):
     cmd = get_rubygems_path(module)
     environ = get_rubygems_environ(module)
     cmd.append('uninstall')
+    cmd.extend(common_opts(module))
     if module.params['install_dir']:
         cmd.extend(['--install-dir', module.params['install_dir']])
 
+    if module.params['bindir']:
+        cmd.extend(['--bindir', module.params['bindir']])
+
     if module.params['version']:
         cmd.extend(['--version', module.params['version']])
     else:
@@ -213,13 +245,10 @@ def install(module):
         return
 
     ver = get_rubygems_version(module)
-    if ver:
-        major = ver[0]
-    else:
-        major = None
 
     cmd = get_rubygems_path(module)
     cmd.append('install')
+    cmd.extend(common_opts(module))
     if module.params['version']:
         cmd.extend(['--version', module.params['version']])
     if module.params['repository']:
@@ -227,7 +256,7 @@ def install(module):
     if not module.params['include_dependencies']:
         cmd.append('--ignore-dependencies')
     else:
-        if major and major < 2:
+        if ver and ver < (2, 0, 0):
             cmd.append('--include-dependencies')
     if module.params['user_install']:
         cmd.append('--user-install')
@@ -235,10 +264,12 @@ def install(module):
         cmd.append('--no-user-install')
     if module.params['install_dir']:
         cmd.extend(['--install-dir', module.params['install_dir']])
+    if module.params['bindir']:
+        cmd.extend(['--bindir', module.params['bindir']])
     if module.params['pre_release']:
         cmd.append('--pre')
     if not module.params['include_doc']:
-        if major and major < 2:
+        if ver and ver < (2, 0, 0):
             cmd.append('--no-rdoc')
             cmd.append('--no-ri')
         else:
@@ -265,6 +296,8 @@ def main():
             state=dict(required=False, default='present', choices=['present', 'absent', 'latest'], type='str'),
             user_install=dict(required=False, default=True, type='bool'),
             install_dir=dict(required=False, type='path'),
+            bindir=dict(type='path'),
+            norc=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             pre_release=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
             include_doc=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
             env_shebang=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml
index ce64364d78..499057775c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml
@@ -178,3 +178,44 @@
     that:
       - install_gem_result is changed
       - gem_search.files | length == 0
+
+# Custom directory for executables (--bindir)
+- name: Install gem with custom bindir
+  gem:
+    name: gist
+    state: present
+    bindir: "{{ output_dir }}/custom_bindir"
+    norc: yes
+    user_install: no  # Avoid conflicts between --install-dir and --user-install when running as root on CentOS / Fedora / RHEL
+  register: install_gem_result
+
+- name: Get stats of gem executable
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ output_dir }}/custom_bindir/gist"
+  register: gem_bindir_stat
+
+- name: Ensure gem executable was installed in custom directory
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - install_gem_result is changed
+      - gem_bindir_stat.stat.exists and gem_bindir_stat.stat.isreg
+
+- name: Remove gem with custom bindir
+  gem:
+    name: gist
+    state: absent
+    bindir: "{{ output_dir }}/custom_bindir"
+    norc: yes
+    user_install: no  # Avoid conflicts between --install-dir and --user-install when running as root on CentOS / Fedora / RHEL
+  register: install_gem_result
+
+- name: Get stats of gem executable
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ output_dir }}/custom_bindir/gist"
+  register: gem_bindir_stat
+
+- name: Ensure gem executable was removed from custom directory
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - install_gem_result is changed
+      - not gem_bindir_stat.stat.exists