diff --git a/elements/base/finalise.d/52-force-text-mode-console b/elements/base/finalise.d/52-force-text-mode-console
index b2528bda4..86f5414d4 100755
--- a/elements/base/finalise.d/52-force-text-mode-console
+++ b/elements/base/finalise.d/52-force-text-mode-console
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ case $DISTRO in
     sed -i -e 's/\(^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX.*\)"$/\1 nomodeset vga=normal"/' /etc/default/grub
     ;;
   'Fedora')
+    # By default the F19 cloud image is using extlinux to boot the image
+    [[ ! -d /boot/grub2 ]] && exit 0
+
     echo 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset vga=normal"' >/etc/default/grub
     sed -i -e 's/terminal_output gfxterm/terminal_output console/' /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
     ;;