diff --git a/lib/facter/virtualenv_version.rb b/lib/facter/virtualenv_version.rb
index a0917d09..8cd10364 100644
--- a/lib/facter/virtualenv_version.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/virtualenv_version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Facter.add("virtualenv_version") do
   setcode do
     if Facter::Util::Resolution.which('virtualenv')
-      Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('virtualenv --version 2>&1').match(/^(\d+\.\d+\.?\d*).*$/)[0]
+      Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('virtualenv --version 2>/dev/null || echo 0.0.0').match(/^(\d+\.\d+\.?\d*).*$/)[0]
     end
   end
 end