diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/software_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/software_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e62ef9d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/software_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class BottleSpecification
+  def skip_relocation?
+    false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/software_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/software_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3421738f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/software_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "extend/os/linux/software_spec" if OS.linux?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
index eedb10d283..a02af3bc00 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
@@ -407,3 +407,5 @@ class PourBottleCheck
     @formula.send(:define_method, :pour_bottle?, &block)
   end
 end
+
+require "extend/os/software_spec"