diff --git a/drush b/drush
index a8c93c35d9e9707ab29c3ae12bc9a8f60b51d49b..17f6d2f011e22367d5f7c227e2d331bb6ce5550f 100755
--- a/drush
+++ b/drush
@@ -55,18 +55,22 @@ if [ -n "$DRUSH_PHP" ] ; then
   # Use the DRUSH_PHP environment variable if it is available.
   php="$DRUSH_PHP"
 else
-  # Default to using the php that we find on the PATH.
-  # We check for a command line (cli) version of php, and if found use that.
-  # Note that we need the full path to php here for Dreamhost, which behaves oddly.  See http://drupal.org/node/662926
-  php="$(which php-cli php 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
-
-  if [ ! -x "$php" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: can't find php."; exit 1
-  fi
-
   # On MSYSGIT, we need to use "php", not the full path to php
   if [ -n "$MINGW" ] ; then
     php="php"
+  else
+    # Default to using the php that we find on the PATH.
+    # We check for a command line (cli) version of php, and if found use that.
+    # Note that we need the full path to php here for Dreamhost, which behaves oddly.  See http://drupal.org/node/662926
+    php="`which php-cli 2>/dev/null`"
+
+    if [ ! -x "$php" ]; then
+      php="`which php 2>/dev/null`"
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -x "$php" ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: can't find php."; exit 1
+    fi
   fi
 fi