diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb b/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb
index 075c148087..b15546a6cb 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ class Version
     alias_method :requires_sse42?, :requires_nehalem_cpu?
     alias_method :requires_popcnt?, :requires_nehalem_cpu?
 
+    def major
+      NULL_TOKEN
+    end
+
+    def minor
+      NULL_TOKEN
+    end
+
+    def patch
+      NULL_TOKEN
+    end
+
+    def major_minor
+      self
+    end
+
+    def major_minor_patch
+      self
+    end
+
     def to_f
       Float::NAN
     end