diff --git a/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv b/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
index 3d2f4a632..af9b3ed7e 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
+++ b/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     set edit:before-readline = (conj $edit:before-readline $beam~)
     set edit:after-readline  = (conj $edit:after-readline {|_| block })
   }
-  if (and (not $no-sudo) (not-eq "" $E:TERMINFO) (eq file (type -t sudo))) {
+  if (and (not $no-sudo) (not-eq "" $E:TERMINFO) (has-external sudo)) {
     edit:add-var sudo~ $sudo-with-terminfo~
   }
 }