diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 4c144cc6ed..4047df95e6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ module Homebrew
 end
 
 require "extend/blank"
+require "extend/kernel"
 require "os"
 
 require "extend/array"
 require "extend/cachable"
 require "extend/enumerable"
-require "extend/kernel"
 require "extend/string"
 require "extend/pathname"