diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 3f2a830d..c0c6e0a4 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ GCC_MAJOR              = $(shell  gcc -v 2>&1 | grep version | awk '{ split($$3,
 GCC_MINOR              = $(shell  gcc -v 2>&1 | grep version | awk '{ split($$3,a,"."); print a[2];}')
 GCC_REV                = $(shell  gcc -v 2>&1 | grep version | awk '{ split($$3,a,"."); print a[3];}')
 
-LD_VERSION             = $(shell ld --version | sed '/GNU ld/ !d; s/.*[^ ]\+\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/')
+LD_VERSION             = $(shell ld -V | sed '/GNU ld/ !d; s/(.*)//; s/[^0-9.-]*//')
 LD_MAJOR               = $(shell echo $(LD_VERSION) | cut -d. -f1)
 LD_MINOR               = $(shell echo $(LD_VERSION) | cut -d. -f2)
 LD_REV                 = $(shell echo $(LD_VERSION) | cut -d. -f3)