diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog
index 6f5b479877..5a347c895c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/createlog
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ RELEASE="`cat /etc/release`"
 GIT="`cat /etc/issue |grep git`"
 
 getlog_cmd() {
-  echo "################################################################################" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
-  echo "# ... output of $@" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
-  echo "# OpenELEC release: $RELEASE" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
-  echo "# $GIT" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
-  echo "################################################################################" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
-  $@ >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
-  echo "" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+  if which $1 >/dev/null; then
+    echo "################################################################################" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+    echo "# ... output of $@" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+    echo "# OpenELEC release: $RELEASE" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+    echo "# $GIT" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+    echo "################################################################################" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+    $@ >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+    echo "" >> $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR/$LOGFILE
+  fi
 }
 
 rm -rf $BASEDIR/$LOGDIR