diff --git a/plugins/asterisk/asterisk_channels b/plugins/asterisk/asterisk_channels
index 4e4071b8..c0e2dd0c 100755
--- a/plugins/asterisk/asterisk_channels
+++ b/plugins/asterisk/asterisk_channels
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # LGPL License
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-        echo "yes"
+        [ -z $(which asterisk) ] && echo "no" || echo "yes"
         exit 0
 fi