diff --git a/_plugins/minify-assets.rb b/_plugins/minify-assets.rb
index b6901415cc..9f576e8f80 100644
--- a/_plugins/minify-assets.rb
+++ b/_plugins/minify-assets.rb
@@ -7,5 +7,11 @@ Jekyll::Hooks.register :site, :post_write do
   Pathname here = Pathname.new(Dir.pwd)
   Pathname from = Pathname.new(File.join(Dir.pwd, "_site"))
   Pathname to = Pathname.new(Dir.pwd)
-  `minify -r -o #{to.relative_path_from(here)} #{from.relative_path_from(here)}`
+  # Attempt to minify using 'minify', fallback to 'gominify' if not present
+  minify_command = `which minify`.empty? ? 'gominify' : 'minify'
+  if `which #{minify_command}`.empty?
+    puts "Error: Neither 'minify' nor 'gominify' is installed. Please install 'minify'."
+    exit 1
+  end
+  `#{minify_command} -r -o #{to.relative_path_from(here)} #{from.relative_path_from(here)}`
 end