diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
index 50510f63ab4b1176d13ac861bb8134afd6d4625d..02eb7043a2fa23fe9a10e9147a21a00dd7647e66 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ set(DOOCS_LINK_FLAGS "${DOOCS_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 
 # extract DOOCS version from librar so symlink. Note: This is platform dependent and only works
 # if DOOCS was installed from the Debian pagackes. Find a better version detection scheme!
-execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "readlink ${DOOCS_DIR}/libDOOCSapi.so | sed -e 's/^.*libDOOCSapi.so.//' -e 's/-.*$//'" OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOOCS_VERSION)
+execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "readelf -d ${DOOCS_DIR}/libDOOCSapi.so | grep SONAME | sed -e 's/^.*Library soname: \\[libDOOCSapi\\.so\\.//' -e 's/\\]$//'"
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOOCS_VERSION)
 
 # use a macro provided by CMake to check if all the listed arguments are valid and set DOOCS_FOUND accordingly
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)