diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index cdd88168..4ae0b6ef 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ else
 	control_vars = '-Vdep:devlibs=libstdc++6-$(GCC_VERSION)-dev'
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(shell type -p llvm-spirv),)
+ifeq $(shell bash -c "type -p llvm-spirv"))
 LLVM_SPIRV_INSTALLED = no
 else
 LLVM_SPIRV_INSTALLED = yes