diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/dependencies b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/dependencies
index 2ce7e4e7f..4a8be63d8 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/dependencies
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/dependencies
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ case "$DOKKU_DISTRO" in
     export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
     [[ -z "$CIRCLECI" ]] && apt-get install -qq -y software-properties-common python-software-properties
     [[ -n "$CIRCLECI" ]] && aptitude install -q -y software-properties-common python-software-properties
+
+    ubuntu_year=$(lsb_release -d | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | awk '{split($0,a,"."); print a[1]}')
+    ubuntu_month=$(lsb_release -d | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | awk '{split($0,a,"."); print a[2]}')
+    [[ "$ubuntu_year" -ge "16" ]] && exit 0
+    [[ "$ubuntu_year" -eq "15" ]] && [[ "$ubuntu_month" -eq "10" ]] && exit 0
+
     add-apt-repository -y ppa:nginx/stable
     apt-get update -qq > /dev/null
     apt-get install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" --force-yes -qq -y nginx dnsutils