diff --git a/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/PluginsTab.js b/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/PluginsTab.js
index 1b1ebfa4..5e054a04 100644
--- a/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/PluginsTab.js
+++ b/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/PluginsTab.js
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ import React from 'react'
 import CSSModules from 'browser/lib/CSSModules'
 import styles from './ConfigTab.styl'
 import ConfigManager from 'browser/main/lib/ConfigManager'
-import store from 'browser/main/store'
+import { store } from 'browser/main/store'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import i18n from 'browser/lib/i18n'
-
+import { sync as commandExists } from 'command-exists'
 const electron = require('electron')
 const ipc = electron.ipcRenderer
-
+const { remote } = electron
+const { dialog } = remote
 class PluginsTab extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
@@ -59,6 +60,35 @@ class PluginsTab extends React.Component {
     ipc.removeListener('APP_SETTING_ERROR', this.handleSettingError)
   }
 
+  checkPluginsRequirements() {
+    this.checkWakatimePluginRequirement()
+  }
+
+  checkWakatimePluginRequirement() {
+    if (!commandExists('wakatime-cli')) {
+      this.setState({
+        wakatimePlugin: {
+          type: i18n.__('Warning'),
+          message: i18n.__('Missing wakatime-cli')
+        }
+      })
+
+      const alertConfig = {
+        type: 'warning',
+        message: i18n.__('Missing Wakatime CLI'),
+        detail: i18n.__(
+          `Please install Wakatime CLI to use Wakatime tracker feature.`
+        ),
+        buttons: [i18n.__('OK')]
+      }
+      dialog.showMessageBox(remote.getCurrentWindow(), alertConfig)
+    } else {
+      this.setState({
+        wakatimePlugin: null
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
   handleSaveButtonClick(e) {
     const newConfig = {
       wakatime: this.state.config.wakatime
@@ -72,6 +102,7 @@ class PluginsTab extends React.Component {
     })
     this.clearMessage()
     this.props.haveToSave()
+    this.checkPluginsRequirements()
   }
 
   handleWakatimeKeyChange(e) {
@@ -105,6 +136,13 @@ class PluginsTab extends React.Component {
       pluginsAlert != null ? (
         <p className={`alert ${pluginsAlert.type}`}>{pluginsAlert.message}</p>
       ) : null
+
+    const wakatimeAlert = this.state.wakatimePlugin
+    const wakatimePluginAlertElement =
+      wakatimeAlert != null ? (
+        <p className={`alert ${wakatimeAlert.type}`}>{wakatimeAlert.message}</p>
+      ) : null
+
     const { config } = this.state
 
     return (
@@ -121,6 +159,7 @@ class PluginsTab extends React.Component {
                 value={config.wakatime.key}
                 type='text'
               />
+              {wakatimePluginAlertElement}
             </div>
           </div>
           <div styleName='group-control'>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0682c1bb..46c23312 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "chart.js": "^2.7.2",
     "codemirror": "^5.40.2",
     "codemirror-mode-elixir": "^1.1.1",
+    "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
     "connected-react-router": "^6.4.0",
     "electron-config": "^1.0.0",
     "electron-gh-releases": "^2.0.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 27221ff9..b29c94f5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1966,6 +1966,11 @@ combined-stream@1.0.6, combined-stream@~1.0.5:
   dependencies:
     delayed-stream "~1.0.0"
 
+command-exists@^1.2.9:
+  version "1.2.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/command-exists/-/command-exists-1.2.9.tgz#c50725af3808c8ab0260fd60b01fbfa25b954f69"
+  integrity sha512-LTQ/SGc+s0Xc0Fu5WaKnR0YiygZkm9eKFvyS+fRsU7/ZWFF8ykFM6Pc9aCVf1+xasOOZpO3BAVgVrKvsqKHV7w==
+
 commander@2:
   version "2.16.0"
   resolved "http://registry.npm.taobao.org/commander/download/commander-2.16.0.tgz#f16390593996ceb4f3eeb020b31d78528f7f8a50"