diff --git a/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
index 882ddb961b490524a154ed0c752fe04b085f198e..2269803dddb54298c7c776715223ad6e0fb9ac90 100755
--- a/scripts/ver_linux
+++ b/scripts/ver_linux
@@ -133,8 +133,12 @@ sed '
 	s!.*so\.!!
 	s!^!Linux C++ Library\t!
 '
-ps --version 2>&1 | grep version | awk \
-'NR==1{print "Procps                ", $NF}'
+ps --version 2>&1 |
+awk '/version/{
+	match($0, /[0-9]+([.]?[0-9]+)+/)
+	printf("Procps\t\t\t%s\n",
+	substr($0,RSTART,RLENGTH))
+}'
 
 ifconfig --version 2>&1 | grep tools | awk \
 'NR==1{print "Net-tools             ", $NF}'