diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/requirements.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/requirements.rb
index 77760d1dc2d44..3886cd7c7ec23 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat/requirements.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/requirements.rb
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 TuntapDependency           = TuntapRequirement
 X11Dependency              = X11Requirement
 ConflictsWithBinaryOsxfuse = NonBinaryOsxfuseRequirement
+MinimumMacOSRequirement    = MacOSRequirement
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
index f855669e0a375..bc0246dd25377 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ def parse_symbol_spec(spec, tags)
     case spec
     when :x11        then X11Requirement.new(spec.to_s, tags)
     when :xcode      then XcodeRequirement.new(tags)
-    when :macos      then MinimumMacOSRequirement.new(tags)
+    when :linux      then LinuxRequirement.new(tags)
+    when :macos      then MacOSRequirement.new(tags)
     when :mysql      then MysqlRequirement.new(tags)
     when :postgresql then PostgresqlRequirement.new(tags)
     when :gpg        then GPG2Requirement.new(tags)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
index 553beb2a22229..bac7d57902256 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 require "requirements/fortran_requirement"
 require "requirements/gpg2_requirement"
 require "requirements/language_module_requirement"
-require "requirements/minimum_macos_requirement"
+require "requirements/linux_requirement"
+require "requirements/macos_requirement"
 require "requirements/maximum_macos_requirement"
 require "requirements/mpi_requirement"
 require "requirements/osxfuse_requirement"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/linux_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/linux_requirement.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb4666e56298a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/linux_requirement.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class LinuxRequirement < Requirement
+  fatal true
+
+  satisfy(build_env: false) { OS.linux? }
+
+  def message
+    "Linux is required."
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/macos_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/macos_requirement.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c89144d2c2156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/macos_requirement.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require "requirement"
+
+class MacOSRequirement < Requirement
+  fatal true
+
+  def initialize(tags = [])
+    @version = MacOS::Version.from_symbol(tags.first) unless tags.empty?
+    super
+  end
+
+  def minimum_version_specified?
+    OS.mac? && @version
+  end
+
+  satisfy(build_env: false) do
+    next MacOS.version >= @version if minimum_version_specified?
+    next true if OS.mac?
+    next true if @version
+    false
+  end
+
+  def message
+    return "macOS is required." unless minimum_version_specified?
+    "macOS #{@version.pretty_name} or newer is required."
+  end
+
+  def display_s
+    return "macOS is required" unless minimum_version_specified?
+    "macOS >= #{@version}"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/minimum_macos_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/minimum_macos_requirement.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cb63f740a8f2..0000000000000
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/minimum_macos_requirement.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-require "requirement"
-
-class MinimumMacOSRequirement < Requirement
-  fatal true
-
-  def initialize(tags)
-    @version = MacOS::Version.from_symbol(tags.first)
-    super
-  end
-
-  satisfy(build_env: false) { MacOS.version >= @version }
-
-  def message
-    "macOS #{@version.pretty_name} or newer is required."
-  end
-
-  def display_s
-    "macOS >= #{@version}"
-  end
-end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/os_requirement_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/os_requirement_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..87f86231c1edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/os_requirement_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require "requirements/linux_requirement"
+require "requirements/macos_requirement"
+
+describe LinuxRequirement do
+  describe "#satisfied?" do
+    it "returns true if OS is Linux" do
+      expect(subject.satisfied?).to eq(OS.linux?)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+describe MacOSRequirement do
+  describe "#satisfied?" do
+    it "returns true if OS is macOS" do
+      expect(subject.satisfied?).to eq(OS.mac?)
+    end
+  end
+end