diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
index 2c8e1ec4c..c451340bc 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Bootstrap() {
     ExperimentalBootstrap "FreeBSD" BootstrapFreeBsd
   elif uname | grep -iq Darwin ; then
     ExperimentalBootstrap "Mac OS X" BootstrapMac
-  elif grep -iq "Amazon Linux" /etc/issue ; then
+  elif [ -f /etc/issue ] && grep -iq "Amazon Linux" /etc/issue ; then
     ExperimentalBootstrap "Amazon Linux" BootstrapRpmCommon
   else
     echo "Sorry, I don't know how to bootstrap Certbot on your operating system!"