diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 4b65b0691e..41016f5e58 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export HOMEBREW_CELLAR
 
 if [[ -n "$HOMEBREW_OSX" ]]
 then
-  if [[ "$('xcode-select' --print-path)" = "/" ]]
+  if [[ "$('/usr/bin/xcode-select' --print-path)" = "/" ]]
   then
     odie <<EOS
 Your xcode-select path is currently set to '/'.