diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/enumerable.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/enumerable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fededbfcac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/enumerable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Enumerable
+  def flat_map
+    return to_enum(:flat_map) unless block_given?
+    r = []
+    each do |*args|
+      result = yield(*args)
+      result.respond_to?(:to_ary) ? r.concat(result) : r.push(result)
+    end
+    r
+  end unless method_defined?(:flat_map)
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 5a809ab6f7..4ab84941c3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require "extend/fileutils"
 require "extend/pathname"
 require "extend/ARGV"
 require "extend/string"
+require "extend/enumerable"
 require "os"
 require "utils"
 require "exceptions"