diff --git a/src/build/Common.gmake b/src/build/Common.gmake
index 7ed4b4829eda72c3ae560137eebe2b79d23c6741..ecccad7b34d65b9a790f0879f5851c18ce067c13 100644
--- a/src/build/Common.gmake
+++ b/src/build/Common.gmake
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ ifeq ($(os),darwin)
  CFLAGS +=  -D__unix__ -fno-common -D__DARWIN__
  CFLAGS +=  -mmacosx-version-min=$(MIN_MAC_OSX_VERSION)
  LDFLAGS += -mmacosx-version-min=$(MIN_MAC_OSX_VERSION)
- ifeq ($(shell brew --prefix && echo "Yes"),"Yes")
+ ifneq (,$(shell which brew))
   CFLAGS += -I$(shell brew --prefix)/include
   CFLAGS += -L$(shell brew --prefix)/lib
  endif