diff --git a/kernel/debian/changelog b/kernel/debian/changelog
index 232002fd8af109ddec1ba6e4ad9f1424d6ee0f3d..24e9252003f8127ca642ee72059f290a9bf63714 100644
--- a/kernel/debian/changelog
+++ b/kernel/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+anbox-modules-dkms (4) zesty; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fetch dkms version from debian package in post-install step.
+
+ -- Simon Fels <morphis@gravedo.de>  Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:12:15 +0100
+
 anbox-modules-dkms (3) zesty; urgency=medium
 
   * Use correct package version in our Makefile to avoid failing module
     builds on the target device.
 
- -- Simon Fels <simon.fels@canonical.com>  Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:36:45 +0100
+ -- Simon Fels <morphis@gravedo.de>  Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:36:45 +0100
 
 anbox-modules-dkms (1) xenial; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/kernel/debian/prerm b/kernel/debian/prerm
index 0b83484dc434e2872a0ddc8ace2871e808e9bbd0..e3e93093d828b98a62a215da43dcd65294f02ccd 100755
--- a/kernel/debian/prerm
+++ b/kernel/debian/prerm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 NAME=anbox-modules-dkms
-VERSION=1
+VERSION=`dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' $DEB_NAME | awk -F "-" '{print $1}' | cut -d\: -f2`
 
 set -e