diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirement.rb
index 03a3ffd391..9540f09675 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirement.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirement.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class Requirement
     [name, *tags].hash
   end
 
+  def inspect
+    "#<#{self.class}: #{name.inspect} #{tags.inspect}>"
+  end
+
   def to_dependency
     f = self.class.default_formula
     raise "No default formula defined for #{inspect}" if f.nil?