diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 831d5c7..2ecdb98 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 (savehist-mode 1)
 (show-paren-mode 1)
 (column-number-mode 1)
-(tool-bar-mode -1)
+(when (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode)
+  (tool-bar-mode -1))
 
 ;;;; not sure where to put this
 (defun open-thunar-in-current-directory ()