diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 02400782..cdd88168 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ else
 	control_vars = '-Vdep:devlibs=libstdc++6-$(GCC_VERSION)-dev'
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(shell which llvm-spirv),)
+ifeq ($(shell type -p llvm-spirv),)
 LLVM_SPIRV_INSTALLED = no
 else
 LLVM_SPIRV_INSTALLED = yes