diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/ENV/std.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/ENV/std.rb
index ed19d2495c..a129530db9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/ENV/std.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/ENV/std.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 module Stdenv
+  def setup_build_environment(formula = nil)
+    generic_setup_build_environment(formula)
+
+    prepend_path "CPATH", HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"include"
+    prepend_path "LIBRARY_PATH", HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"lib"
+    prepend_path "LD_RUN_PATH", HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"lib"
+    return unless formula
+
+    prepend_path "CPATH", formula.include
+    prepend_path "LIBRARY_PATH", formula.lib
+    prepend_path "LD_RUN_PATH", formula.lib
+  end
+
   def libxml2
     append "CPPFLAGS", "-I#{Formula["libxml2"].include/"libxml2"}"
   rescue FormulaUnavailableError