diff --git a/bin/install b/bin/install
index fccfd879..6ba1999f 100755
--- a/bin/install
+++ b/bin/install
@@ -10,10 +10,20 @@ binary_url="https://${bucket_name}.s3.amazonaws.com/${tarball_name}"
 
 echo "Downloading binary: ${binary_url}"
 
-curl --fail -I $binary_url
+is_curl=true
+if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
+  curl --fail -I $binary_url
+else
+  is_curl=false
+  wget --server-response --spider $binary_url
+fi
 
 if test $? -eq 0; then
-  curl $binary_url > $tarball_name
+  if [ "${is_curl}" = true ]; then
+    curl $binary_url > $tarball_name
+  else
+    wget $binary_url
+  fi
   if test -e "${tarball_name}"; then
     echo "Unpacking binary distribution"
     tar -xvzf $tarball_name