1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/applets/usage_compressed b/applets/usage_compressed
index 9436dcd5d..af66bc5dc 100755
--- a/applets/usage_compressed
+++ b/applets/usage_compressed
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ test -x "$loc/usage" || exit 1
 test "$SED" || SED=sed
 test "$DD" || DD=dd
 
-true | od -v -t x1 >/dev/null
+# Some people were bitten by their system lacking a (proper) od
+od -v -t x1 </dev/null >/dev/null
 if test $? != 0; then
         echo 'od tool is not installed or cannot accept "-v -t x1" options'
         exit 1