diff --git a/src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_linux.c b/src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_linux.c
index 0a93b0ca7..b518db21d 100644
--- a/src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_linux.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const char* ffDetectInitSystem(FFInitSystemResult* result)
     if (ffStrbufEqualS(&result->name, "systemd"))
     {
         if (ffProcessAppendStdOut(&result->version, (char* const[]) {
-            result->exe.chars, // use exe path in case users have another systemd installed
+            ffStrbufEndsWithS(&result->exe, "/systemd") ? result->exe.chars : "systemctl", // use exe path in case users have another systemd installed
             "--version",
             NULL,
         }) == NULL && result->version.length)