diff --git a/install_minimal/airtime-install b/install_minimal/airtime-install
index 7859e1c23..f242b12a9 100755
--- a/install_minimal/airtime-install
+++ b/install_minimal/airtime-install
@@ -15,21 +15,6 @@ if [[ "$DEB" = "Status: install ok installed" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-#Check whether version of virtualenv is <= 1.4.8. If so exit install. 
-BAD_VERSION="1.4.8"
-VERSION=$(virtualenv --version)
-NEWEST_VERSION=$(echo -e "$BAD_VERSION\n$VERSION\n'" | sort -t '.' -g | tail -n 1)
-echo -n "Ensuring python-virtualenv version > $BAD_VERSION..."
-if [[ "$NEWEST_VERSION" = "$BAD_VERSION" ]]; then
-    URL="http://apt.sourcefabric.org/pool/main/p/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv_1.4.9-3_all.deb"
-    echo "Failed!"
-    echo "You have version $BAD_VERSION or older installed. Please install package at $URL first and then try installing Airtime again."
-    exit 1
-else
-    echo "Success!"
-fi
-
-
 echo -e "\n******************************** Install Begin *********************************"
 
 # Absolute path to this script, e.g. /home/user/bin/foo.sh
diff --git a/python_apps/python-virtualenv/virtualenv-install.sh b/python_apps/python-virtualenv/virtualenv-install.sh
index c38e48c43..580c675e8 100755
--- a/python_apps/python-virtualenv/virtualenv-install.sh
+++ b/python_apps/python-virtualenv/virtualenv-install.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,27 @@ SCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
 # Absolute directory this script is in
 SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
 
+which virtualenv > /dev/null
+if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "virtualenv not found!"
+    echo -e "Please install virtualenv and retry Airtime installation.\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+#Check whether version of virtualenv is <= 1.4.8. If so exit install. 
+BAD_VERSION="1.4.8"
+VERSION=$(virtualenv --version)
+NEWEST_VERSION=$(echo -e "$BAD_VERSION\n$VERSION\n'" | sort -t '.' -g | tail -n 1)
+echo -n "Ensuring python-virtualenv version > $BAD_VERSION..."
+if [[ "$NEWEST_VERSION" = "$BAD_VERSION" ]]; then
+    URL="http://apt.sourcefabric.org/pool/main/p/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv_1.4.9-3_all.deb"
+    echo "Failed!"
+    echo "You have version $BAD_VERSION or older installed. Please install package at $URL first and then try installing Airtime again."
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Success!"
+fi
+
 VIRTUAL_ENV_DIR="/usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv"
 VIRTUAL_ENV_SHARE="/usr/share/python-virtualenv/"