diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index ac323d55ba..c1b1f09ee6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy <AbstractDownloadStrategy
     end
   end
   
+  def cached_location
+    @tarball_path
+  end
+
   def fetch
     ohai "Downloading #{@url}"
     unless @tarball_path.exist?
@@ -147,9 +151,17 @@ class SubversionDownloadStrategy <AbstractDownloadStrategy
 end
 
 class GitDownloadStrategy <AbstractDownloadStrategy
+  def initialize url, name, version, specs
+    super
+    @clone=HOMEBREW_CACHE+@unique_token
+  end
+
+  def cached_location
+    @clone
+  end
+
   def fetch
     ohai "Cloning #{@url}"
-    @clone=HOMEBREW_CACHE+@unique_token
     unless @clone.exist?
       safe_system 'git', 'clone', @url, @clone # indeed, leave it verbose
     else
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 639a9bef8b..1827cc263b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Formula
   end
 
   def cached_download
-    @downloader.tarball_path
+    @downloader.cached_location
   end
 
   attr_reader :url, :version, :homepage, :name, :specs