diff --git a/install/tools/ipa-replica-install b/install/tools/ipa-replica-install
index ae6137d01..33d3726c2 100755
--- a/install/tools/ipa-replica-install
+++ b/install/tools/ipa-replica-install
@@ -251,10 +251,8 @@ def check_dirsrv():
         sys.exit(1)
 
 def check_bind():
-    if not bindinstance.check_inst():
-        print "--setup-dns was specified but bind or the BIND LDAP plug-in"
-        print "is not installed on the system"
-        print "Please install bind and the LDAP plug-in and restart the setup program"
+    if not bindinstance.check_inst(unattended=True):
+        print "Aborting installation"
         sys.exit(1)
 
 def main():
diff --git a/install/tools/ipa-server-install b/install/tools/ipa-server-install
index 5ea8a1b04..0694d6ed5 100755
--- a/install/tools/ipa-server-install
+++ b/install/tools/ipa-server-install
@@ -541,10 +541,8 @@ def main():
 
     # check bind packages are installed
     if options.setup_dns:
-        if not bindinstance.check_inst():
-            print "--setup-dns was specified but bind or the BIND LDAP plug-in"
-            print "is not installed on the system"
-            print "Please install bind and the LDAP plug-in and restart the setup program"
+        if not bindinstance.check_inst(options.unattended):
+            print "Aborting installation"
             return 1
 
     if options.ca:
diff --git a/ipaserver/install/bindinstance.py b/ipaserver/install/bindinstance.py
index 2a922a3db..e2edcd392 100644
--- a/ipaserver/install/bindinstance.py
+++ b/ipaserver/install/bindinstance.py
@@ -30,17 +30,25 @@ from ipapython import sysrestore
 from ipapython import ipautil
 from ipalib import api, util
 
-def check_inst():
+def check_inst(unattended):
     # So far this file is always present in both RHEL5 and Fedora if all the necessary
     # bind packages are installed (RHEL5 requires also the pkg: caching-nameserver)
     if not os.path.exists('/etc/named.rfc1912.zones'):
+        print "BIND was not found on this system"
+        print "Please install the bind package and start the installation again"
         return False
 
     # Also check for the LDAP BIND plug-in
     if not os.path.exists('/usr/lib/bind/ldap.so') and \
        not os.path.exists('/usr/lib64/bind/ldap.so'):
+        print "The BIND LDAP plug-in was not found on this system"
+        print "Please install the bind-dyndb-ldap package and start the installation again"
         return False
 
+    if not unattended and os.path.exists('/etc/named.conf'):
+        msg = "Existing BIND configuration detected, overwrite?"
+        return ipautil.user_input(msg, False)
+
     return True
 
 class BindInstance(service.Service):