diff --git a/src/tools/pginclude/pgrminclude b/src/tools/pginclude/pgrminclude
index 5890c50a1a3a1e2f06ff7667ff6afa31db134f05..aef57060c0eda561148bd97a60c12a46795bffdd 100755
--- a/src/tools/pginclude/pgrminclude
+++ b/src/tools/pginclude/pgrminclude
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 :
 # remove extra #include's
 
-pgdefine || (echo "pgdefine must be in your PATH" 1>&2; exit 1)
+if ! pgdefine
+then	echo "pgdefine must be in your PATH" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+fi
 
 # src/tools/pginclude/pgrminclude