diff --git a/src/indicator.ts b/src/indicator.ts
index 2c46668..5219d84 100644
--- a/src/indicator.ts
+++ b/src/indicator.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ export default class Indicator implements vscode.Disposable {
 
     private statusBarItem: vscode.StatusBarItem;
 
+    private gnuTexinfoAvailable = false;
+
+    get canDisplayPreview() {
+        return this.gnuTexinfoAvailable;
+    }
+
     private refresh(editor?: vscode.TextEditor) {
         if (editor === undefined || editor.document.languageId != 'texinfo') {
             this.statusBarItem.hide();
@@ -65,9 +71,11 @@ export default class Indicator implements vscode.Disposable {
             } else {
                 icon = '$(check)';
             }
+            this.gnuTexinfoAvailable = true;
         } else {
             icon = '$(close)';
             tooltip = `GNU Texinfo (${Options.makeinfo}) is not correctly installed or configured.`;
+            this.gnuTexinfoAvailable = false;
         }
         this.statusBarItem.text = `${icon} GNU Texinfo ${version}`;
         this.statusBarItem.tooltip = tooltip;
diff --git a/src/providers/code_lens.ts b/src/providers/code_lens.ts
index bb66a49..3ec7f92 100644
--- a/src/providers/code_lens.ts
+++ b/src/providers/code_lens.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import ContextMapping from '../context_mapping';
+import Indicator from '../indicator';
 import Options from '../options';
 
 /**
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export default class CodeLensProvider implements vscode.CodeLensProvider {
     
     provideCodeLenses(document: vscode.TextDocument) {
         if (!Options.enableCodeLens) return undefined;
+        if (!Indicator.instance.canDisplayPreview) return undefined;
         return ContextMapping.getDocumentContext(document).foldingRange.nodeValues;
     }
 }