diff --git a/textract/parsers/pdf_parser.py b/textract/parsers/pdf_parser.py
index 9fe74e13..7e5f7018 100644
--- a/textract/parsers/pdf_parser.py
+++ b/textract/parsers/pdf_parser.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def extract_pdfminer(self, filename, **kwargs):
         pdf2txt_path = find_executable('pdf2txt.py')
         try:
             stdout, _ = self.run(['pdf2txt.py', filename])
-        except OSError:
+        except (OSError, ShellError):
             try:
                 stdout, _ = self.run(['python3',pdf2txt_path, filename])
             except ShellError: