diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb
index 4bfe7174b1..4893ff5ec0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ require "compat/keg"
 require "compat/pathname"
 require "compat/dependency_collector"
 require "compat/language/haskell"
+require "compat/xcode"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/xcode.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/xcode.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dd7f021cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/xcode.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module OS
+  module Mac
+    module Xcode
+      extend self
+
+      def provides_autotools?
+        version < "4.3"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/xcode.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/xcode.rb
index bb3873687d..f6447fbc82 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/xcode.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/xcode.rb
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ module OS
         end
       end
 
-      def provides_autotools?
-        version < "4.3"
-      end
-
       def provides_gcc?
         version < "4.3"
       end