diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 11ee34f314..dfa366fbf8 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require "hardware"
 require "utils"
 require "utils/bottles"
 require "utils/gzip"
+require "utils/inreplace"
 require "utils/shebang"
 require "utils/shell"
 require "utils/git_repository"