diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
index 053de0b9ca815afe56a0a5386632d82255da7a8d..63c0bc53fe32d9d2ddf8eb450a514b1d567fec8d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ private
 
   def parse_symbol_spec spec, tag
     case spec
-    when :autoconf, :automake, :libtool
-      # Xcode no longer comes with autotools
+    when :autoconf, :automake, :bsdmake, :libtool
+      # Xcode no longer provides autotools or some other build tools
       MacOS.xcode_version >= "4.3" ? Dependency.new(spec.to_s) : nil
     when :x11, :libpng
       X11Dependency.new(tag)