diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/hardware.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/hardware.rb
index 975e308d4a..25e9d0c58c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/hardware.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/hardware.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Hardware
-  def self.oldest_cpu
-    if MacOS.version >= :mojave
+  def self.oldest_cpu(version = MacOS.version)
+    if version >= :mojave
       :nehalem
     else
       generic_oldest_cpu
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/hardware.rb b/Library/Homebrew/hardware.rb
index b687b841a7..9f48c4b971 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/hardware.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/hardware.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ module Hardware
       end
     end
 
-    def oldest_cpu
+    def oldest_cpu(_version = nil)
       if Hardware::CPU.intel?
         if Hardware::CPU.is_64_bit?
           :core2
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/version.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/version.rb
index 8adf848d2f..4527bdafe9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/version.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/version.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ module OS
       def pretty_name
         to_sym.to_s.split("_").map(&:capitalize).join(" ")
       end
+
+      # For OS::Mac::Version compatability
+      def requires_nehalem_cpu?
+        Hardware.oldest_cpu(self) == :nehalem
+      end
+      # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)
+      # Ensure any extra methods are also added to version/null.rb
+      alias requires_sse4? requires_nehalem_cpu?
+      alias requires_sse41? requires_nehalem_cpu?
+      alias requires_sse42? requires_nehalem_cpu?
+      alias requires_popcnt? requires_nehalem_cpu?
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/version_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/version_spec.rb
index cb45a14001..a74f541461 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/version_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/os/mac/version_spec.rb
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ describe OS::Mac::Version do
     expect(described_class.new("10.14").pretty_name).to eq("Mojave")
     expect(described_class.new("10.10").pretty_name).to eq("Yosemite")
   end
+
+  specify "#requires_nehalem_cpu?" do
+    expect(described_class.new("10.14").requires_nehalem_cpu?).to be true
+    expect(described_class.new("10.12").requires_nehalem_cpu?).to be false
+  end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb b/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb
index 9549ba3284..230907754a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/version/null.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ class Version
       true
     end
 
+    # For OS::Mac::Version compatability
+    def requires_nehalem_cpu?
+      false
+    end
+    alias_method :requires_sse4?, :requires_nehalem_cpu?
+    alias_method :requires_sse41?, :requires_nehalem_cpu?
+    alias_method :requires_sse42?, :requires_nehalem_cpu?
+    alias_method :requires_popcnt?, :requires_nehalem_cpu?
+
     def to_f
       Float::NAN
     end