diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb
index fd4b78e13c..f26fdb4abc 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ module SharedEnvExtension
     prepend key, path, File::PATH_SEPARATOR if File.directory? path
   end
 
+  def prepend_create_path key, path
+    path = Pathname.new(path) unless path.is_a? Pathname
+    path.mkpath
+    prepend_path key, path
+  end
+
   def remove keys, value
     Array(keys).each do |key|
       next unless self[key]