2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
index 22f690a8c..bf5c014f3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class DependencyCollector
     when :tex        then TeXDependency.new(tag)
     when :clt        then CLTDependency.new(tag)
     when :arch       then ArchRequirement.new(tag)
+    when :hg         then MercurialDependency.new(tag)
     else
       raise "Unsupported special dependency #{spec}"
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
index f226db839..6ebf3f6a4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
@@ -107,3 +107,17 @@ class ArchRequirement < Requirement
     "This formula requires an #{@arch} architecture."
   end
 end
+
+class MercurialDependency < Requirement
+  fatal true
+
+  satisfy { which('hg') }
+
+  def message; <<-EOS.undent
+    Mercurial is needed to install this software.
+
+    You can install this with Homebrew using:
+      brew install mercurial
+    EOS
+  end
+end