2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb
index 84a13cc03..507639e3a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ module LinuxCPUs
     @flags ||= cpuinfo[/^flags.*/, 0].split
   end
 
+  # Compatibility with Mac method, which returns lowercase symbols
+  # instead of strings
+  def features
+    @features ||= flags[1..-1].map(&:intern)
+  end
+
   %w[aes altivec avx avx2 lm sse3 ssse3 sse4 sse4_2].each { |flag|
     define_method(flag + "?") { flags.include? flag }
   }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/hardware.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/hardware.rb
index 7bda71fa4..a6b5ccf2c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/hardware.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/hardware.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ module MacCPUs
     end
   end
 
+  def features
+    @features ||= `/usr/sbin/sysctl -n machdep.cpu.features`.split(" ").map do |s|
+      s.downcase.intern
+    end
+  end
+
   def aes?
     sysctl_bool('hw.optional.aes')
   end