diff --git a/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.load b/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.load
index 0fca4e417280496d410d25430b1a67672e54afc0..19539411347171b8a6508a35472c0a2b725c9895 100644
--- a/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.load
+++ b/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.load
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 if [ -e "$RBENV_BIN_ROOT/rbenv" ]
   set rbenv_binary "$RBENV_BIN_ROOT/rbenv"
   _prepend_path "$RBENV_BIN_ROOT"
-else if [ (command command -v rbenv) ]
+else if [ (which command; and command command -v rbenv) ]
   set rbenv_binary (command command -v rbenv)
 else if [ -e "$HOME/.rbenv/bin/rbenv" ]
   set rbenv_binary "$HOME/.rbenv/bin/rbenv"