diff --git a/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/configurator.py b/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/configurator.py
index e610010a0..8ec7cda8d 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/configurator.py
+++ b/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/configurator.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class ApacheConfigurator(augeas_configurator.AugeasConfigurator):
         logger.debug("Apache version is %s",
                      ".".join(str(i) for i in self.version))
 
-        if self.version < (2, 4, 8):
+        if self.version < (2, 4, 8) or (chain_path and not fullchain_path):
             # install SSLCertificateFile, SSLCertificateKeyFile,
             # and SSLCertificateChainFile directives
             set_cert_path = cert_path
diff --git a/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py b/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
index e70c797bc..96ac2c023 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
+++ b/letsencrypt-apache/letsencrypt_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
@@ -304,8 +304,7 @@ class TwoVhost80Test(util.ApacheTest):
         self.config.assoc["random.demo"] = self.vh_truth[1]
         self.assertRaises(errors.PluginError,
                           lambda: self.config.deploy_cert(
-                              "random.demo", "example/cert.pem", "example/key.pem",
-                              "example/cert_chain.pem"))
+                              "random.demo", "example/cert.pem", "example/key.pem"))
 
     def test_deploy_cert(self):
         self.config.parser.modules.add("ssl_module")