diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 55a1d244a3..ea0944760e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Fixed
   Contributed by Nick Maludy (@nmaludy Encore Technologies)
 * Fix the workflow execution cancelation to proceed even if the workflow execution is not found or
   completed. (bug fix) #4735
+* Added better error handling to `contrib/linux/actions/dig.py` to inform if dig is not installed.
+  Contributed by JP Bourget (@punkrokk Syncurity) #4732
 
 3.1.0 - June 27, 2019
 ---------------------
diff --git a/contrib/linux/README.md b/contrib/linux/README.md
index c34bbc2b47..33d872cf86 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/README.md
+++ b/contrib/linux/README.md
@@ -51,3 +51,8 @@ Example trigger payload:
 * ``check_loadavg`` - Action which retrieves load average from a remote host.
 * ``check_processes`` - Action which retrieves useful information about
   matching process on a remote host.
+* ``dig`` - Python wrapper for dig command. Requires ``bind-utils`` rpm or ``dnsutils`` deb installed.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+* On CentOS7/RHEL7, dig is not installed by default. Run ``sudo yum install bind-utils`` to install. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py b/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py
index e83282bc20..ccf7e9a318 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py
+++ b/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import errno
 import subprocess
 import random
 import re
+
 from st2common.runners.base_action import Action
 
 
@@ -39,11 +41,26 @@ def run(self, rand, count, nameserver, hostname, queryopts):
             cmd_args.append('+' + v)
 
         cmd_args.append(hostname)
-        result_list = filter(None, subprocess.Popen(cmd_args,
-                                                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-                                             .communicate()[0]
-                                             .split('\n'))
+
+        try:
+            result_list = filter(None, subprocess.Popen(cmd_args,
+                                                        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+                                 .communicate()[0]
+                                 .split('\n'))
+
+        # NOTE: Python3 supports the FileNotFoundError, the errono.ENOENT is for py2 compat
+        # for Python3:
+        # except FileNotFoundError as e:
+
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+                return False, "Can't find dig installed in the path (usually /usr/bin/dig). If " \
+                              "dig isn't installed, you can install it with 'sudo yum install " \
+                              "bind-utils' or 'sudo apt install dnsutils'"
+            else:
+                raise e
+
         if int(count) > len(result_list) or count <= 0:
             count = len(result_list)
 
diff --git a/contrib/linux/pack.yaml b/contrib/linux/pack.yaml
index b3f7a42136..1012832fd3 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/pack.yaml
+++ b/contrib/linux/pack.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ keywords:
   - open ports
   - processes
   - ps
-version : 1.0.1
+version : 1.0.2
 python_versions:
   - "2"
   - "3"