diff --git a/linux.d/debian b/linux.d/debian
index bc4e712c57..10d866fcb5 100644
--- a/linux.d/debian
+++ b/linux.d/debian
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ REQUIRED_DEV_PACKAGES=(
 
 if [[ -n "$UPDATE_LIB" ]]
 then
-    # for ubuntu 22+ and 23+:
-    ubu_major_version="$(grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release | cut -d "=" -f 2 | cut -d "." -f 1 | tr -d /\"/)"
-    if [ $ubu_major_version == "22" ] || [ $ubu_major_version == "23" ]
-    then
-        REQUIRED_DEV_PACKAGES+=(curl libfuse-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev m4)
+    source /etc/os-release
+    if [ "${ID}" == "ubuntu" ] && [ -n "${VERSION_ID}" ]; then
+        # It's ubuntu and we have a VERSION_ID like "24.04".
+        if dpkg --compare-versions "${VERSION_ID}" ge 22 && dpkg --compare-versions "${VERSION_ID}" lt 24 ;
+        then
+            # Some extra packages needed on Ubuntu 22.x and 23.x:
+            REQUIRED_DEV_PACKAGES+=(curl libfuse-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev m4)
+        fi
     fi
+
     if [[ -n "$BUILD_DEBUG" ]]
     then
         REQUIRED_DEV_PACKAGES+=(libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev)