diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/dependency_collector.rb
index 56fcad31d0..fffec1c999 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 require "dependency_collector"
 require "extend/os/mac/dependency_collector" if OS.mac?
+require "extend/os/linux/dependency_collector" if OS.linux?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/dependency_collector.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc5b994b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class DependencyCollector
+  def xz_dep_if_needed(tags)
+    Dependency.new("xz", tags) unless which("xz")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/os/dependency_collector_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/os/dependency_collector_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index eaae99fe92..0000000000
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/os/dependency_collector_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-require "dependency_collector"
-
-describe DependencyCollector do
-  alias_matcher :be_a_build_requirement, :be_build
-
-  after(:each) do
-    described_class.clear_cache
-  end
-
-  describe "#add" do
-    it "creates a resource dependency from a '.zip' URL" do
-      resource = Resource.new
-      resource.url("http://example.com/foo.zip")
-      expect(subject.add(resource)).to eq(Dependency.new("zip", [:build]))
-    end
-
-    it "creates a resource dependency from a '.bz2' URL" do
-      resource = Resource.new
-      resource.url("http://example.com/foo.tar.bz2")
-      expect(subject.add(resource)).to eq(Dependency.new("bzip2", [:build]))
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/os/linux/dependency_collector_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/os/linux/dependency_collector_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5771fd59a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/os/linux/dependency_collector_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+require "dependency_collector"
+
+describe DependencyCollector do
+  alias_matcher :be_a_build_requirement, :be_build
+
+  after(:each) do
+    described_class.clear_cache
+  end
+
+  describe "#add" do
+    resource = Resource.new
+
+    context "when xz, zip, and bzip2 are not available" do
+      it "creates a resource dependency from a '.xz' URL" do
+	resource.url("http://example.com/foo.xz")
+	allow_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:which).with("xz")
+	expect(subject.add(resource)).to eq(Dependency.new("xz", [:build]))
+      end
+
+      it "creates a resource dependency from a '.zip' URL" do
+	resource.url("http://example.com/foo.zip")
+	allow_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:which).with("zip")
+	expect(subject.add(resource)).to eq(Dependency.new("zip", [:build]))
+      end
+
+      it "creates a resource dependency from a '.bz2' URL" do
+	resource.url("http://example.com/foo.tar.bz2")
+	allow_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:which).with("bzip2")
+	expect(subject.add(resource)).to eq(Dependency.new("bzip2", [:build]))
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when xz, zip, and bzip2 are available" do
+      it "does not create a resource dependency from a '.xz' URL" do
+	resource.url("http://example.com/foo.xz")
+	allow_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:which).with("xz").and_return(Pathname.new("foo"))
+	expect(subject.add(resource)).to be nil
+      end
+
+      it "does not create a resource dependency from a '.zip' URL" do
+	resource.url("http://example.com/foo.zip")
+	allow_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:which).with("zip").and_return(Pathname.new("foo"))
+	expect(subject.add(resource)).to be nil
+      end
+
+      it "does not create a resource dependency from a '.bz2' URL" do
+	resource.url("http://example.com/foo.tar.bz2")
+	allow_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:which).with("bzip2").and_return(Pathname.new("foo"))
+	expect(subject.add(resource)).to be nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/dependency_collector_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/dependency_collector_spec.rb
index 5d260ebf71..a8fe8ba54c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/dependency_collector_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/dependency_collector_spec.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ describe DependencyCollector do
     expect(subject.add(resource)).to be nil
   end
 
+  specify "Resource dependency from a '.zip' URL" do
+    resource = Resource.new
+    resource.url("http://example.com/foo.zip")
+    expect(subject.add(resource)).to be nil
+  end
+
+  specify "Resource dependency from a '.bz2' URL" do
+    resource = Resource.new
+    resource.url("http://example.com/foo.tar.bz2")
+    expect(subject.add(resource)).to be nil
+  end
+
   specify "Resource dependency from a '.git' URL" do
     resource = Resource.new
     resource.url("git://example.com/foo/bar.git")