diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb
index 91def84422..f0ad27cf06 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class Dependency
     env_proc.call unless env_proc.nil?
   end
 
+  def inspect
+    "#<#{self.class}: #{name.inspect} #{tags.inspect}>"
+  end
+
   class << self
     # Expand the dependencies of dependent recursively, optionally yielding
     # [dependent, dep] pairs to allow callers to apply arbitrary filters to