diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
index 539cd2f736..91bcb85a34 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class DependencyCollector
       # so just return a standard formula dependency.
       Dependency.new(spec.to_s, tags)
     when :xcode      then XcodeDependency.new(tags)
+    when :macos      then MinimumMacOSRequirement.new(tags)
     when :mysql      then MysqlDependency.new(tags)
     when :postgresql then PostgresqlDependency.new(tags)
     when :tex        then TeXDependency.new(tags)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
index 0aafc0a8ca..627fb1f9ed 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require 'requirements/language_module_dependency'
 require 'requirements/x11_dependency'
 require 'requirements/mpi_dependency'
 require 'requirements/python_dependency'
+require 'requirements/macos_requirement'
 
 class XcodeDependency < Requirement
   fatal true
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/macos_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/macos_requirement.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c172189ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/macos_requirement.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require 'requirement'
+
+class MinimumMacOSRequirement < Requirement
+  fatal true
+
+  def initialize(tags)
+    @version = MacOS::Version.from_symbol(tags.first)
+    super
+  end
+
+  satisfy { MacOS.version >= @version }
+
+  def message
+    "OS X #{@version.pretty_name} or newer is required."
+  end
+end