diff --git a/wp-admin/install.php b/wp-admin/install.php
index cb20653363..baa99770f3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/install.php
+++ b/wp-admin/install.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 define('WP_INSTALLING', true);
-if (!file_exists('../wp-config.php')) 
-	die("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_3:_Set_up_wp-config.php'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='setup-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.");
+if (!file_exists('../wp-config.php')) {
+  require_once('../wp-includes/functions.php');
+  wp_die("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_3:_Set_up_wp-config.php'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='setup-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.", "WordPress &rsaquo; Error");
+}
 
 require_once('../wp-config.php');
 require_once('./upgrade-functions.php');
diff --git a/wp-blog-header.php b/wp-blog-header.php
index bf5ea9f69f..e23f21a95a 100644
--- a/wp-blog-header.php
+++ b/wp-blog-header.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ if (! isset($wp_did_header)):
 if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php') ) {
 	if ( strstr( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'wp-admin') ) $path = '';
 	else $path = 'wp-admin/';
-    die("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://wordpress.org/docs/faq/#wp-config'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='{$path}setup-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.");
+
+  require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-includes/functions.php');
+  wp_die("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://wordpress.org/docs/faq/#wp-config'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='{$path}setup-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.", "WordPress &rsaquo; Error");
 }
 
 $wp_did_header = true;