1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
index c2c36dc40..70377483a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ module FileUtils extend self
     end
   end
 
+  # Run scons using a Homebrew-installed version, instead of whatever
+  # is in the user's PATH
+  def scons *args
+    scons = Formulary.factory("scons").opt_prefix/'bin/scons'
+    raise "#{scons} is not executable" unless scons.exist? and scons.executable?
+    safe_system scons, *args
+  end
+
   def rake *args
     system RUBY_BIN/'rake', *args
   end