diff --git a/qubes/storage/lvm.py b/qubes/storage/lvm.py
index 0edf321a..05cec116 100644
--- a/qubes/storage/lvm.py
+++ b/qubes/storage/lvm.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def check_lvm_version():
         lvm_help = subprocess.check_output(['lvm', 'lvcreate', '--help'],
             stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).decode()
         return '--setactivationskip' not in lvm_help
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
         pass
 
 lvm_is_very_old = check_lvm_version()