diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 682c7a4..c269dc9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker/version/vpp.pm
 lib/ExtUtils/Mkbootstrap.pm
 lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm
 lib/ExtUtils/MM.pm
+lib/ExtUtils/MM/Utils.pm
 lib/ExtUtils/MM_AIX.pm
 lib/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm
 lib/ExtUtils/MM_BeOS.pm
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MM/Utils.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MM/Utils.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bbc0d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MM/Utils.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package ExtUtils::MM::Utils;
+
+require 5.006;
+
+use strict;
+use vars qw($VERSION);
+$VERSION = '7.11_06';
+$VERSION = eval $VERSION;  ## no critic [BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringyEval]
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+ExtUtils::MM::Utils - ExtUtils::MM methods without dependency on ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    require ExtUtils::MM::Utils;
+    MM->maybe_command($file);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is a collection of L<ExtUtils::MM> subroutines that are used by many
+other modules but that do not need full-featured L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>. The
+issue with L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> is it pulls in Perl header files and that is
+an overkill for small subroutines.
+
+An example is the L<IPC::Cmd> that caused installing GCC just because of
+three-line I<maybe_command()> from L<ExtUtils::MM_Unix>.
+
+The intentions is to use L<ExtUtils::MM::Utils> instead of
+L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> for these trivial methods. You can still call them via
+L<MM> class name.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item maybe_command
+
+Returns true, if the argument is likely to be a command.
+
+=cut
+
+if (!exists $INC{'ExtUtils/MM.pm'}) {
+    *MM::maybe_command = *ExtUtils::MM::maybe_command = \&maybe_command;
+}
+
+sub maybe_command {
+    my($self,$file) = @_;
+    return $file if -x $file && ! -d $file;
+    return;
+}
+
+1;
+
+=back
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+These methods are copied from L<ExtUtils::MM_Unix>. Other operating systems
+are not supported yet. The reason is this
+L<a hack for Linux
+distributions|https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129443>.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>, L<ExtUtils::MM>
+
+=cut