diff --git a/Library/ENV/4.3/cc b/Library/ENV/4.3/cc
index 05d48fc60140fff0e811301aeeef0f85d4e00dda..6b3efd25992632ba26f74f1bdfaf02e7a9c99308 100755
--- a/Library/ENV/4.3/cc
+++ b/Library/ENV/4.3/cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require "set"
 
 class Cmd
   attr_reader :config, :prefix, :cellar, :opt, :tmpdir, :sysroot, :deps
-  attr_reader :archflags, :optflags, :keg_regex
+  attr_reader :archflags, :optflags, :keg_regex, :formula, :formula_version
 
   def initialize(arg0, args)
     @arg0 = arg0
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Cmd
     @archflags = ENV.fetch("HOMEBREW_ARCHFLAGS") { "" }.split(" ")
     @optflags = ENV.fetch("HOMEBREW_OPTFLAGS") { "" }.split(" ")
     @deps = Set.new(ENV.fetch("HOMEBREW_DEPENDENCIES") { "" }.split(","))
+    @formula = ENV["HOMEBREW_FORMULA"]
+    @formula_version = ENV["HOMEBREW_FORMULA_VERSION"]
     # matches opt or cellar prefix and formula name
     @keg_regex = %r[(#{Regexp.escape(opt)}|#{Regexp.escape(cellar)})/([\w\-_\+]+)]
   end
@@ -205,9 +207,12 @@ class Cmd
     # but is currently opt-in.
     return keep_orig?(path) unless ENV["HOMEBREW_EXPERIMENTAL_FILTER_FLAGS_ON_DEPS"]
 
+    # Allow references to self
+    if keg_path && path.start_with?(keg_path)
+      true
     # first two paths: reject references to Cellar or opt paths
     # for unspecified dependencies
-    if path.start_with?(cellar) || path.start_with?(opt)
+    elsif path.start_with?(cellar) || path.start_with?(opt)
       dep = path[keg_regex, 2]
       dep && @deps.include?(dep)
     elsif path.start_with?(prefix)
@@ -276,6 +281,11 @@ class Cmd
     %W[#{sysroot}/usr/lib /usr/local/lib]
   end
 
+  def keg_path
+    return nil if formula.nil?
+    "#{cellar}/#{formula}/#{formula_version}"
+  end
+
   def configure?
     # configure scripts generated with autoconf 2.61 or later export as_nl
     ENV.key? "as_nl"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
index ca244849f36f84cf87a769f92659df4e35d6f9ab..8566c7d0df8cee99c2e4c47b30baf7fa06fdcee9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ module Superenv
     self["HOMEBREW_INCLUDE_PATHS"] = determine_include_paths
     self["HOMEBREW_LIBRARY_PATHS"] = determine_library_paths
     self["HOMEBREW_DEPENDENCIES"] = determine_dependencies
+    unless formula.nil?
+      self["HOMEBREW_FORMULA"] = formula.name
+      self["HOMEBREW_FORMULA_VERSION"] = formula.version
+    end
 
     if MacOS::Xcode.without_clt? || (MacOS::Xcode.installed? && MacOS::Xcode.version.to_i >= 7)
       self["MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"] = MacOS.version.to_s