diff --git a/bin/pt-agent b/bin/pt-agent
index 3c926fee..bbaed7fc 100755
--- a/bin/pt-agent
+++ b/bin/pt-agent
@@ -8146,6 +8146,7 @@ sub install {
    my @steps  = (
       "Verify the user is root",
       "Check Perl module dependencies",
+      "Check for crontab",
       "Verify the API key",
       "Connect to MySQL",
       "Check if MySQL is a slave",
@@ -8200,6 +8201,14 @@ sub install {
    $next_step->();
    exit 1 if check_deps();
 
+   # Check for crontab
+   $next_step->();
+   my $crontab = `which crontab 2>/dev/null`;
+   if ( !$crontab ) {
+      die "cron is not installed, or crontab is not in your PATH.\n";
+   }
+   $next_step->();
+
    # Must have a valid API key.
    my $api_key = $o->get('api-key');
    my $client;
@@ -9127,6 +9136,8 @@ pt-agent requires:
 
 =item * Standard Linux bin tools (grep, awk, stat, etc.)
 
+=item * cron
+
 =item * A Bash shell
 
 =item * Core Perl modules