diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/logentries.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/logentries.py
index 22980e1e4d3..bf168d68a9e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/logentries.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/logentries.py
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ import ConfigParser
 import uuid
 try:
     import certifi
+    HAS_CERTIFI = True
 except ImportError:
-    print("please do 'pip install certifi'")
+    HAS_CERTIFI = False
 
 try:
     import flatdict
+    HAS_FLATDICT = True
 except ImportError:
-    print("please do 'pip install flatdict'")
+    HAS_FLATDICT = False
 
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
@@ -195,6 +197,16 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     def __init__(self):
         super(CallbackModule, self).__init__()
 
+        if not HAS_CERTIFI:
+            self.disabled =True
+            self.display.warning('The `certifi` python module is not installed. '
+                                 'Disabling the Logentries callback plugin.')
+
+        if not HAS_FLATDICT:
+            self.disabled =True
+            self.display.warning('The `flatdict` python module is not installed. '
+                                 'Disabling the Logentries callback plugin.')
+
         config_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
         config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
         try: