diff --git a/civicrm.php b/civicrm.php
index 19311202bf828e26f1f2b0db85845c18c9cf065f..e08db8faf3d52c987de64656328b142ab7f75065 100644
--- a/civicrm.php
+++ b/civicrm.php
@@ -309,7 +309,9 @@ class CiviCRM_For_WordPress {
     if ( $this->civicrm_in_wordpress() ) {
       // this is required for AJAX calls in WordPress admin
       $_GET['noheader'] = TRUE;
-    } else {
+    }
+
+    if ( !CIVICRM_INSTALLED && !$this->civicrm_in_wordpress() ) {
       $_GET['civicrm_install_type'] = 'wordpress';
     }