diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/pathname.rb
index eb6ea409bc..604351da70 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
-class Pathname
-  # @private
-  def elf?
-    # See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format#File_header
-    read(4) == "\x7fELF"
-  end
+require "os/linux/elf"
 
-  # @private
-  def dynamic_elf?
-    if which "readelf"
-      popen_read("readelf", "-l", to_path).include?(" DYNAMIC ")
-    elsif which "file"
-      !popen_read("file", "-L", "-b", to_path)[/dynamic|shared/].nil?
-    else
-      raise StandardError, "Neither `readelf` nor `file` is available "\
-        "to determine whether '#{self}' is dynamically or statically linked."
-    end
-  end
+class Pathname
+  prepend ELFShim
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/pathname.rb
index 5fd59e1e79..4ced5a0944 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require "os/mac/mach"
 
 class Pathname
-  include MachOShim
+  prepend MachOShim
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/elf.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/elf.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a53e50f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/elf.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+module ELFShim
+  # See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format#File_header
+  MAGIC_NUMBER_OFFSET = 0
+  MAGIC_NUMBER_ASCII = "\x7fELF".freeze
+
+  OS_ABI_OFFSET = 0x07
+  OS_ABI_SYSTEM_V = 0
+  OS_ABI_LINUX = 3
+
+  TYPE_OFFSET = 0x10
+  TYPE_EXECUTABLE = 2
+  TYPE_SHARED = 3
+
+  ARCHITECTURE_OFFSET = 0x12
+  ARCHITECTURE_I386 = 0x3
+  ARCHITECTURE_POWERPC = 0x14
+  ARCHITECTURE_ARM = 0x28
+  ARCHITECTURE_X86_64 = 0x62
+  ARCHITECTURE_AARCH64 = 0xB7
+
+  def read_uint8(offset)
+    read(1, offset).unpack("C").first
+  end
+
+  def read_uint16(offset)
+    read(2, offset).unpack("v").first
+  end
+
+  def elf?
+    return @elf if defined? @elf
+    return @elf = false unless read(MAGIC_NUMBER_ASCII.size, MAGIC_NUMBER_OFFSET) == MAGIC_NUMBER_ASCII
+
+    # Check that this ELF file is for Linux or System V.
+    # OS_ABI is often set to 0 (System V), regardless of the target platform.
+    @elf = [OS_ABI_LINUX, OS_ABI_SYSTEM_V].include? read_uint8(OS_ABI_OFFSET)
+  end
+
+  def arch
+    return :dunno unless elf?
+
+    @arch ||= case read_uint16(ARCHITECTURE_OFFSET)
+    when ARCHITECTURE_I386 then :i386
+    when ARCHITECTURE_X86_64 then :x86_64
+    when ARCHITECTURE_POWERPC then :powerpc
+    when ARCHITECTURE_ARM then :arm
+    when ARCHITECTURE_AARCH64 then :arm64
+    else :dunno
+    end
+  end
+
+  def elf_type
+    return :dunno unless elf?
+
+    @elf_type ||= case read_uint16(TYPE_OFFSET)
+    when TYPE_EXECUTABLE then :executable
+    when TYPE_SHARED then :dylib
+    else :dunno
+    end
+  end
+
+  def dylib?
+    elf_type == :dylib
+  end
+
+  def binary_executable?
+    elf_type == :executable
+  end
+
+  def dynamic_elf?
+    return @dynamic_elf if defined? @dynamic_elf
+
+    if which "readelf"
+      Utils.popen_read("readelf", "-l", to_path).include?(" DYNAMIC ")
+    elsif which "file"
+      !Utils.popen_read("file", "-L", "-b", to_path)[/dynamic|shared/].nil?
+    else
+      raise "Please install either readelf (from binutils) or file."
+    end
+  end
+
+  class Metadata
+    attr_reader :path, :dylib_id, :dylibs
+
+    def initialize(path)
+      @path = path
+      @dylibs = []
+      @dylib_id, needed = needed_libraries path
+      return if needed.empty?
+
+      ldd = DevelopmentTools.locate "ldd"
+      ldd_output = Utils.popen_read(ldd, path.expand_path.to_s).split("\n")
+      return unless $CHILD_STATUS.success?
+
+      ldd_paths = ldd_output.map do |line|
+        match = line.match(/\t.+ => (.+) \(.+\)|\t(.+) => not found/)
+        next unless match
+        match.captures.compact.first
+      end.compact
+      @dylibs = ldd_paths.select do |ldd_path|
+        next true unless ldd_path.start_with? "/"
+        needed.include? File.basename(ldd_path)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def needed_libraries(path)
+      if DevelopmentTools.locate "readelf"
+        needed_libraries_using_readelf path
+      elsif DevelopmentTools.locate "patchelf"
+        needed_libraries_using_patchelf path
+      else
+        raise "patchelf must be installed: brew install patchelf"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def needed_libraries_using_patchelf(path)
+      patchelf = DevelopmentTools.locate "patchelf"
+      if path.dylib?
+        command = [patchelf, "--print-soname", path.expand_path.to_s]
+        soname = Utils.popen_read(*command).chomp
+        raise ErrorDuringExecution, command unless $CHILD_STATUS.success?
+      end
+      command = [patchelf, "--print-needed", path.expand_path.to_s]
+      needed = Utils.popen_read(*command).split("\n")
+      raise ErrorDuringExecution, command unless $CHILD_STATUS.success?
+      [soname, needed]
+    end
+
+    def needed_libraries_using_readelf(path)
+      soname = nil
+      needed = []
+      command = ["readelf", "-d", path.expand_path.to_s]
+      lines = Utils.popen_read(*command).split("\n")
+      raise ErrorDuringExecution, command unless $CHILD_STATUS.success?
+      lines.each do |s|
+        filename = s[/\[(.*)\]/, 1]
+        next if filename.nil?
+        if s.include? "(SONAME)"
+          soname = filename
+        elsif s.include? "(NEEDED)"
+          needed << filename
+        end
+      end
+      [soname, needed]
+    end
+  end
+
+  def metadata
+    @metadata ||= Metadata.new(self)
+  end
+
+  def dylib_id
+    metadata.dylib_id
+  end
+
+  def dynamically_linked_libraries(*)
+    metadata.dylibs
+  end
+end