diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_print_service_names.fish b/share/functions/__fish_print_service_names.fish
index 3eeb00155..45d653a76 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_print_service_names.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_print_service_names.fish
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function __fish_print_service_names -d 'All services known to the system'
-	if type -f systemctl >/dev/null
+    if test -d /run/systemd/system
         command systemctl list-units  -t service | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | grep '\.service$' | sed -e 's/\.service$//'
     else if type -f rc-service
         command rc-service -l
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ function __fish_print_service_names -d 'All services known to the system'
         command ls /etc/init.d
     end
 end
-