diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index efa5adc..f0105b4 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
 
-# Set --disable-uring for debian < 11 based distributions
+# Set --disable-uring for debian 10 and ubuntu 20.04
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	set -x && \
 	CONFIGURE_FLAGS=" \
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 		--enable-static \
 		--enable-systemd-logging \
 	"; \
-	base_ver="$$(dpkg -l base-files | grep "^ii" | awk '{print $$3}')"; \
-	if dpkg --compare-versions "$$base_ver" lt 11; then \
+	distro_v=$$(. /etc/os-release && echo $$VERSION_ID); \
+	if [ "$$distro_v" = 10 ] || [ "$$distro_v" = 20.04 ]; then \
 		CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$$CONFIGURE_FLAGS --disable-uring"; \
 	fi; \
 	dh_auto_configure -- $$CONFIGURE_FLAGS