diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 168e486..30c527a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.159"
+version = "0.2.171"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "561d97a539a36e26a9a5fad1ea11a3039a67714694aaa379433e580854bc3dc5"
+checksum = "c19937216e9d3aa9956d9bb8dfc0b0c8beb6058fc4f7a4dc4d850edf86a237d6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c7fc9cd..f2449d9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use libc::{sysconf, _SC_PAGESIZE};
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::{canonicalize, read_link};
+use std::io::{stdin, IsTerminal};
 use std::os::raw::c_long;
 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -89,7 +90,18 @@ fn main() {
             "Will attempt to install missing requirements for {}",
             interpreter_name
         );
-        let mut dnf_command = Command::new("pkexec");
+
+        let mut dnf_command;
+        if stdin().is_terminal() {
+            trace!("Running in a terminal");
+            dnf_command = Command::new("pkexec");
+        } else {
+            trace!("Not running in a terminal");
+            dnf_command = Command::new("xdg-terminal-exec");
+            dnf_command.arg("--");
+            dnf_command.arg("pkexec");
+        }
+
         dnf_command.arg("/usr/bin/dnf");
         dnf_command.arg("install");
         dnf_command.args(&interpreter_missing_paths);