diff --git a/jenkins-packer-demo/scripts/configure-remote-state.sh b/jenkins-packer-demo/scripts/configure-remote-state.sh
index 0070fe0..6616232 100755
--- a/jenkins-packer-demo/scripts/configure-remote-state.sh
+++ b/jenkins-packer-demo/scripts/configure-remote-state.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # not necessary anymore in newer terraform versions, you can use a backend.tf file
-#terraform remote config -backend=s3 -backend-config="bucket=terraform-state-a2b621f" -backend-config="key=terraform/terraform.tfstate" -backend-config="region=eu-west-1"
+if [ "`terraform --version |head -n1`" == "Terraform v0.7.7" ] ; then
+  terraform remote config -backend=s3 -backend-config="bucket=terraform-state-a2b621f" -backend-config="key=terraform/terraform.tfstate" -backend-config="region=eu-west-1"
+fi