diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 29171757b3..ed7dd158fd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Formula <UnidentifiedFormula
   def self.create name
     require Formula.path(name)
     return eval(Formula.class(name)).new(name)
-  rescue
+  rescue LoadError
     raise "No formula for #{name}"
   end
 end