diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
index da0f641cbc..553d7527e3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Pathname
     rmdir
     true
   rescue SystemCallError => e
-    raise unless e.errno == Errno::ENOTEMPTY::Errno or e.errno == Errno::EACCES::Errno
+    raise unless e.errno == Errno::ENOTEMPTY::Errno or e.errno == Errno::EACCES::Errno or e.errno == Errno::ENOENT::Errno
     false
   end