diff --git a/imageapi_imagemagick.module b/imageapi_imagemagick.module
index 3171d0b..bc6aea6 100644
--- a/imageapi_imagemagick.module
+++ b/imageapi_imagemagick.module
@@ -217,7 +217,11 @@ function _imageapi_imagemagick_convert_exec($command_args, &$output, &$errors) {
       drupal_set_message(t('ImageMagick output: @output', array('@output' => $output)));
     }
 
-    if ($return_code != 0) {
+    if ($return_code == 1 && $command_args == '-version') {
+      // Some versions of ImageMagick return status code 1 when outputting the
+      // version info. This should not be caught as an error.
+    }
+    else if ($return_code != 0) {
       // If ImageMagick returned a non-zero code, trigger a PHP error that will
       // be caught by Drupal's error handler, logged to the watchdog and
       // eventually displayed to the user if configured to do so.