diff --git a/core/core.go b/core/core.go
index b3b6436d..f79e6ffc 100644
--- a/core/core.go
+++ b/core/core.go
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ func UniqueInts(a []int, sorted bool) []int {
 	return uniq
 }
 
+func HasBinary(executable string) bool {
+	if path, err := exec.LookPath(executable); err != nil || path == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func ExecSilent(executable string, args []string) (string, error) {
 	path, err := exec.LookPath(executable)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/network/net.go b/network/net.go
index 1c717bde..37123537 100644
--- a/network/net.go
+++ b/network/net.go
@@ -265,10 +265,12 @@ func FindInterface(name string) (*Endpoint, error) {
 }
 
 func SetWiFiRegion(region string) error {
-	if out, err := core.Exec("iw", []string{"reg", "set", region}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if out != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected output while setting WiFi region %s: %s", region, out)
+	if core.HasBinary("iw") {
+		if out, err := core.Exec("iw", []string{"reg", "set", region}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if out != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected output while setting WiFi region %s: %s", region, out)
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -283,10 +285,12 @@ func ActivateInterface(name string) error {
 }
 
 func SetInterfaceTxPower(name string, txpower int) error {
-	if out, err := core.ExecSilent("iwconfig", []string{name, "txpower", fmt.Sprintf("%d", txpower)}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if out != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected output while setting txpower to %d for interface %s: %s", txpower, name, out)
+	if core.HasBinary("iwconfig") {
+		if out, err := core.ExecSilent("iwconfig", []string{name, "txpower", fmt.Sprintf("%d", txpower)}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if out != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected output while setting txpower to %d for interface %s: %s", txpower, name, out)
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }