diff --git a/Library/ENV/4.3/make b/Library/ENV/4.3/make
index b3df331145..1d717718b3 100755
--- a/Library/ENV/4.3/make
+++ b/Library/ENV/4.3/make
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if [ $(basename "$0") == "bsdmake" ]; then
   pwd="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
   bsd="$pwd/../../../bin/bsdmake"
   # bsdmake used to be keg-only: support users who don't run brew doctor
-  [ -x "$bsd" ] || bsd="$(brew --prefix bsdmake)/bin/bsdmake"
+  [ -x "$bsd" ] || bsd="$(${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE} --prefix bsdmake)/bin/bsdmake"
   exec "$bsd" "$@"
 else
   exec xcrun make "$@"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
index e8eecb5bd9..291f9e8739 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class << ENV
     ENV['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = determine_pkg_config_path
     ENV['HOMEBREW_CC'] = determine_cc
     ENV['HOMEBREW_CCCFG'] = determine_cccfg
+    ENV['HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE'] = HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE
     ENV['HOMEBREW_SDKROOT'] = "#{MacOS.sdk_path}" if MacSystem.xcode43_without_clt?
     ENV['CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH'] = determine_cmake_prefix_path
     ENV['CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH'] = "#{MacOS.sdk_path}/System/Library/Frameworks" if MacSystem.xcode43_without_clt?