diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index af57ec9..4c21330 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ var fs = require('fs')
 var path = require('path')
 var _ = require('lodash')
 
+var phantomSource = require('phantomjs-prebuilt').path
+
+if (phantomSource === null) {
+  var which = require('npm-which')(process.cwd())
+
+  try {
+    phantomSource = which.sync('phantomjs')
+  } catch (e) {}
+}
+
+if (phantomSource == null) {
+  var installScriptLocation = require.resolve('phantomjs-prebuilt/install')
+  var installScriptCmd = '`node ' + installScriptLocation + '`'
+
+  throw new Error("PhantomJS binary not found, make sure `phantomjs-prebuilt`'s `postinstall` is run, or manually run " + installScriptCmd)
+}
+
 function serializeOption (value) {
   if (typeof value === 'function') {
     return value.toString()
@@ -13,8 +30,6 @@ var phantomJSExePath = function () {
   // If the path we're given by phantomjs is to a .cmd, it is pointing to a global copy.
   // Using the cmd as the process to execute causes problems cleaning up the processes
   // so we walk from the cmd to the phantomjs.exe and use that instead.
-  var phantomSource = require('phantomjs-prebuilt').path
-
   if (path.extname(phantomSource).toLowerCase() === '.cmd') {
     var phantomPackage = require('phantomjs-prebuilt/package.json')
     return path.join(
@@ -102,8 +117,8 @@ PhantomJSBrowser.prototype = {
   name: 'PhantomJS',
 
   DEFAULT_CMD: {
-    linux: require('phantomjs-prebuilt').path,
-    darwin: require('phantomjs-prebuilt').path,
+    linux: phantomSource,
+    darwin: phantomSource,
     win32: phantomJSExePath()
   },
   ENV_CMD: 'PHANTOMJS_BIN'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c10c867..dabaa3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "author": "Vojta Jina <vojta.jina@gmail.com>",
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash": "^4.0.1",
+    "npm-which": "^3.0.1",
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.7"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9760e41..d352dd3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2045,6 +2045,20 @@ normalize-path@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/normalize-path/-/normalize-path-2.0.1.tgz#47886ac1662760d4261b7d979d241709d3ce3f7a"
 
+npm-path@^2.0.2:
+  version "2.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/npm-path/-/npm-path-2.0.3.tgz#15cff4e1c89a38da77f56f6055b24f975dfb2bbe"
+  dependencies:
+    which "^1.2.10"
+
+npm-which@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/npm-which/-/npm-which-3.0.1.tgz#9225f26ec3a285c209cae67c3b11a6b4ab7140aa"
+  dependencies:
+    commander "^2.9.0"
+    npm-path "^2.0.2"
+    which "^1.2.10"
+
 npmlog@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/npmlog/-/npmlog-4.0.2.tgz#d03950e0e78ce1527ba26d2a7592e9348ac3e75f"
@@ -2480,11 +2494,11 @@ safe-buffer@^5.0.1:
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.0.1.tgz#d263ca54696cd8a306b5ca6551e92de57918fbe7"
 
-"semver@2 || 3 || 4", "semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^4.3.3, semver@~4.3.3:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4", semver@^4.3.3, semver@~4.3.3:
   version "4.3.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-4.3.6.tgz#300bc6e0e86374f7ba61068b5b1ecd57fc6532da"
 
-semver@~5.3.0:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@~5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.3.0.tgz#9b2ce5d3de02d17c6012ad326aa6b4d0cf54f94f"
 
@@ -2831,16 +2845,16 @@ void-elements@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/void-elements/-/void-elements-2.0.1.tgz#c066afb582bb1cb4128d60ea92392e94d5e9dbec"
 
-which@~1.0.5:
-  version "1.0.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.0.9.tgz#460c1da0f810103d0321a9b633af9e575e64486f"
-
-which@~1.2.10:
+which@^1.2.10, which@~1.2.10:
   version "1.2.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.2.12.tgz#de67b5e450269f194909ef23ece4ebe416fa1192"
   dependencies:
     isexe "^1.1.1"
 
+which@~1.0.5:
+  version "1.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.0.9.tgz#460c1da0f810103d0321a9b633af9e575e64486f"
+
 wide-align@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wide-align/-/wide-align-1.1.0.tgz#40edde802a71fea1f070da3e62dcda2e7add96ad"