diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 23fee63..4209b2e 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ if has("autocmd")
 	" enable file type detection and do language-dependent indenting
 	" filetype plugin indent on
 	" detect indentation see http://www.freehackers.org/Indent_Finder
-	autocmd BufReadPost * execute system ('python2 ~/.vim/indent_finder/indent_finder.py --vim-output "' . expand('%') . '"' )
-
+	if has('python')
+		autocmd BufReadPost * execute system ('python2 ~/.vim/indent_finder/indent_finder.py --vim-output "' . expand('%') . '"' )
+	endif
 else
 	" auto-indent
 	set autoindent