diff --git a/recipes/configure.rb b/recipes/configure.rb
index 326b9e8..be6a766 100644
--- a/recipes/configure.rb
+++ b/recipes/configure.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 service "td-agent" do
   supports :restart => true, :reload => (reload_action == :reload), :status => true
-  restart_command "/etc/init.d/td-agent restart || /etc/init.d/td-agent start"
+  restart_command "/etc/init.d/td-agent restart || /etc/init.d/td-agent start" if ::File.exist?('/etc/init.d/td-agent')
   action [ :enable, :start ]
 end