diff --git a/Formula/rmlint.rb b/Formula/rmlint.rb
index 32a0c9eb46..bb92e854e3 100644
--- a/Formula/rmlint.rb
+++ b/Formula/rmlint.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Rmlint < Formula
   depends_on "libelf"
 
   def install
-    scons "config"
+    system "scons", "config"
     scons
     bin.install "rmlint"
     man1.install "docs/rmlint.1.gz"