diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
index 3dd5a3101e..1c95e9613c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ class Dependencies
   def *(arg)
     @deps * arg
   end
+
+  def to_ary
+    @deps
+  end
 end
 
 module Dependable