diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 214190ad..aba6a1e3 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ fi
 if [ "$PRIVATE_IPV6" != "$PUBLIC_IPV6" ]; then
 	echo "Private IPv6 Address: $PRIVATE_IPV6"
 fi
-echo "Mail-in-a-Box Version: " $(git describe)
+if [ -f /usr/bin/git ]; then
+	echo "Mail-in-a-Box Version: " $(git describe)
+fi
 echo
 
 # Run some network checks to make sure setup on this machine makes sense.