diff --git a/glymur/lib/openjpeg.py b/glymur/lib/openjpeg.py
index 3dd0592..4f990df 100644
--- a/glymur/lib/openjpeg.py
+++ b/glymur/lib/openjpeg.py
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ def version():
 
 # Need to get the minor version, make sure we are at least at 1.4.x
 #import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
-_MINOR = version().split('.')[1]
+if OPENJPEG is not None:
+    _MINOR = version().split('.')[1]
+else:
+    # Does not really matter.  But version should not be called if there is no
+    # OpenJPEG library found.
+    _MINOR = 0
 
 
 class EventMgrType(ctypes.Structure):