diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/formula_cellar_checks.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/formula_cellar_checks.rb
index 7198179563..30805adfb5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/formula_cellar_checks.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/formula_cellar_checks.rb
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-require "extend/os/mac/formula_cellar_checks" if OS.mac?
+if OS.mac?
+  require "extend/os/mac/formula_cellar_checks"
+elsif OS.linux?
+  require "extend/os/linux/formula_cellar_checks"
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula_cellar_checks.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula_cellar_checks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0665f5678a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula_cellar_checks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module FormulaCellarChecks
+  def valid_library_extension?(filename)
+    generic_valid_library_extension?(filename) || filename.basename.to_s.include?(".so.")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_cellar_checks.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_cellar_checks.rb
index 4ab4a32d0b..9d1633be9a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_cellar_checks.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_cellar_checks.rb
@@ -56,14 +56,19 @@ module FormulaCellarChecks
     EOS
   end
 
+  VALID_LIBRARY_EXTENSIONS = %w[.a .dylib .framework .jnilib .la .o .so .jar .prl .pm .sh].freeze
+
+  def valid_library_extension?(filename)
+    VALID_LIBRARY_EXTENSIONS.include? filename.extname
+  end
+  alias generic_valid_library_extension? valid_library_extension?
+
   def check_non_libraries
     return unless formula.lib.directory?
 
-    valid_extensions = %w[.a .dylib .framework .jnilib .la .o .so
-                          .jar .prl .pm .sh]
     non_libraries = formula.lib.children.reject do |g|
       next true if g.directory?
-      valid_extensions.include? g.extname
+      valid_library_extension? g
     end
     return if non_libraries.empty?