diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_renames.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_renames.rb
index 1c0d8f26e3..4e9f4e010c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_renames.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_renames.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FORMULA_RENAMES = {
   "cv" => "progress",
+  "google-perftools" => "gperftools",
   "libcppa" => "caf",
   "objective-caml" => "ocaml",
   "plt-racket" => "racket"