diff --git a/test/sendxmpp_parameter_test.sh b/test/sendxmpp_parameter_test.sh
index 5577b26..2976e0f 100755
--- a/test/sendxmpp_parameter_test.sh
+++ b/test/sendxmpp_parameter_test.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # !/bin/sh
 
 setUp() {
+	# if sendxmpp is present command will fail with err code 1 because of invalid domain
+	# otherwise it will ultimatly fail with return code 127 aka command not found
+	command -v sendxmpp > /dev/null && export EXPECTED_RETURN_CODE=1 || export EXPECTED_RETURN_CODE=127
 	export PLUGIN_USERNAME="username"
 	export PLUGIN_PASSWORD="password"
 	export PLUGIN_JSERVER="server.invalid"
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ tearDown() {
 
 testAllOk() {
 	stdout=$( ../sendxmpp.sh 2> /dev/null )
-	assertEquals 1 $?
+	assertEquals $EXPECTED_RETURN_CODE $?
 	assertTrue "[ -z "$stdout" ]"
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ testUsernameSecretSet() {
 	export SENDXMPP_USERNAME="secretusername"
 
 	stdout=$( ../sendxmpp.sh 2> /dev/null )
-	assertEquals 1 $?
+	assertEquals $EXPECTED_RETURN_CODE $?
 	assertTrue "[ -z "$stdout" ]"
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ testPasswordSecretSet() {
 	export SENDXMPP_PASSWORD="secretpassword"
 
 	stdout=$( ../sendxmpp.sh 2> /dev/null )
-	assertEquals 1 $?
+	assertEquals $EXPECTED_RETURN_CODE $?
 	assertTrue "[ -z "$stdout" ]"
 }