diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
index 9844ef401f..36c3da268e 100755
--- a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ at_exit do
 end
 
 def install f
-  f.deps.uniq.each do |dep|
+  f.recursive_deps.uniq.each do |dep|
     dep = Formula.factory dep
     if dep.keg_only?
       ENV.prepend 'LDFLAGS', "-L#{dep.lib}"