diff --git a/abra b/abra
index f8e42f0..fad7edf 100755
--- a/abra
+++ b/abra
@@ -656,10 +656,20 @@ checkout_main_or_master() {
 }
 
 pwgen_native() {
+  if type pwgen > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    pwgen -s "$length" 1
+    return
+  fi
+
   tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | head -c "$1"
 }
 
 pwqgen_native() {
+  if type pwqgen > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    pwqgen
+    return
+  fi
+
   shuf -n 3 /usr/share/dict/words | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | tr -d '\n'
 }