diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index f78fbfcb7f..a3a3378b68 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ def odeprecated(method, replacement = nil, options = {})
     #{caller_message}#{tap_message}
   EOS
 
-  if ARGV.homebrew_developer? || options[:die]
+  if ARGV.homebrew_developer? || options[:die] ||
+     Homebrew.raise_deprecation_exceptions?
     raise FormulaMethodDeprecatedError, message
   else
     opoo "#{message}\n"