diff --git a/share/functions/_.fish b/share/functions/_.fish
index 33fdd43e1..a1404761e 100644
--- a/share/functions/_.fish
+++ b/share/functions/_.fish
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Alias for gettext (or a fallback if gettext isn't installed)
 #
 
-if which gettext ^/dev/null >/dev/null
+if test -x (which gettext) ^/dev/null >/dev/null
 	function _ -d "Alias for the gettext command"
 		gettext fish $argv
 	end