diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index 4bd8723cc0e5e4d5527b9be4e5b924ee7ff9c32b..94b8687b393bb56d3be58c9dbe5d1fa2e807bd19 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ end
 HOMEBREW_PREFIX = Pathname.new(HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE).dirname.parent # Where we link under
 HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY = Pathname.new(HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE).realpath.dirname.parent # Where .git is found
 HOMEBREW_LIBRARY = HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/"Library"
+HOMEBREW_CONTRIB = HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/"Library/Contributions"
 
 # Where we store built products; /usr/local/Cellar if it exists,
 # otherwise a Cellar relative to the Repository.