diff --git a/gen_initramfs.sh b/gen_initramfs.sh
index 99bd3f3..3ae9d7a 100755
--- a/gen_initramfs.sh
+++ b/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -33,13 +33,22 @@ copy_binaries() {
 		fi
 	done
 	# This must be OUTSIDE the for loop, we only want to run lddtree etc ONCE.
-	lddtree "$@" \
+	# lddtree does not have the -V (version) nor the -l (list) options prior to version 1.18
+	if lddtree -V > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		lddtree -l "$@" \
+			| sort \
+			| uniq \
+			| cpio -p --make-directories --dereference --quiet "${destdir}" \
+			|| gen_die "Binary ${f} or some of its library dependencies could not be copied"
+	else
+		lddtree "$@" \
 			| tr ')(' '\n' \
 			| awk  '/=>/{ if($3 ~ /^\//){print $3}}' \
 			| sort \
 			| uniq \
 			| cpio -p --make-directories --dereference --quiet "${destdir}" \
 			|| gen_die "Binary ${f} or some of its library dependencies could not be copied"
+	fi
 }
 
 log_future_cpio_content() {