diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_fails_with.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_fails_with.rb
index 642d9c0603..73393a587f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_fails_with.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_fails_with.rb
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class FailsWithTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_non_apple_gcc_version
     fails_with(:gcc => '4.8')
-    cc = build_cc("gcc-4.8", nil, "4.8.1")
-    assert_fails_with cc
+    assert_fails_with build_cc("gcc-4.8", "4.8")
+    assert_fails_with build_cc("gcc-4.8", "4.8.1")
   end
 
   def test_multiple_failures
@@ -63,4 +63,11 @@ class FailsWithTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_fails_with clang
     assert_does_not_fail_with gcc
   end
+
+  def test_fails_with_version
+    fails_with(:gcc => '4.8') { version '4.8.1' }
+    assert_fails_with build_cc("gcc-4.8", "4.8")
+    assert_fails_with build_cc("gcc-4.8", "4.8.1")
+    assert_does_not_fail_with build_cc("gcc-4.8", "4.8.2")
+  end
 end