diff --git a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
index 92ca703f2b..a4e369cf97 100755
--- a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/../Toolchain/Local/i686/bin:$PATH"
 
 # We depend on GNU coreutils du for the --apparent-size extension.
 # GNU coreutils is a build dependency.
-if type gdu > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if command -v gdu > /dev/null 2>&1 && gdu --version | grep -q "GNU coreutils"; then
     GNUDU="gdu"
 else
     GNUDU="du"