diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
index 64eb881fd9..96331447b3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ export HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT
 export HOMEBREW_USER_AGENT_CURL
 export HOMEBREW_BOTTLE_DEFAULT_DOMAIN
 
+if [[ -n "$HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER" ]] && [[ -z "$HOMEBREW_NO_PATCHELF_RB" ]]
+then
+  export HOMEBREW_PATCHELF_RB="1"
+fi
+
 if [[ -n "$HOMEBREW_MACOS" && -x "/usr/bin/xcode-select" ]]
 then
   XCODE_SELECT_PATH=$('/usr/bin/xcode-select' --print-path 2>/dev/null)