diff --git a/lib/cmds/simulator.js b/lib/cmds/simulator.js
index 511bd2bf5..2e50feac2 100644
--- a/lib/cmds/simulator.js
+++ b/lib/cmds/simulator.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Simulator {
     let cmds = [];
 
     const testrpc = shelljs.which('testrpc');
-    const ganache = shelljs.which('ganache-cli');
+    const ganache = shelljs.which('ganache-cli') || shelljs.which('embark-ganache-cli');
     if (!testrpc && !ganache) {
       this.logger.warn(__('%s is not installed on your machine', 'Ganache CLI (TestRPC)'));
       this.logger.info(__('You can install it by running: %s', 'npm -g install ganache-cli'));