diff --git a/include/functions b/include/functions
index fd47cd3d..63cc4864 100644
--- a/include/functions
+++ b/include/functions
@@ -1774,6 +1774,8 @@
         # dmidecode
         # Values: VMware Virtual Platform / VirtualBox
         if [ -z "${SHORT}" ]; then
+            # Try to find dmidecode in case we did not check binaries (e.g. lynis show environment)
+            if [ ${CHECK_BINARIES} -eq 0 ]; then DMIDECODEBINARY=$(command -v dmidecode 2> /dev/null); fi
             if [ -n "${DMIDECODEBINARY}" -a -x "${DMIDECODEBINARY}" -a ${PRIVILEGED} -eq 1 ]; then
                 LogText "Test: trying to guess virtualization with dmidecode"
                 FIND=$(${DMIDECODEBINARY} -s system-product-name | awk '{ print $1 }')