diff --git a/proc/version.c b/proc/version.c
index e7139cc4..593f4f4e 100644
--- a/proc/version.c
+++ b/proc/version.c
@@ -28,20 +28,43 @@ void display_version(void) {
 int linux_version_code;
 
 void init_Linux_version(void) {
-    static struct utsname uts;
     int x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;	/* cleared in case sscanf() < 3 */
     int version_string_depth;
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+    static struct utsname uts;
     
     if (uname(&uts) == -1)	/* failure implies impending death */
 	exit(1);
 
     version_string_depth = sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z);
+#else
+    FILE *fp;
+    char buf[256];
+
+    if ( (fp=fopen("/proc/version","r")) == NULL) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find /proc/version - is /proc mounted?\n");
+      exit(1);
+	}
+    if (fgets(buf, 256, fp) == NULL) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot read kernel version from /proc/version\n");
+      fclose(fp);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+    version_string_depth = sscanf(buf, "Linux version %d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z);
+#endif /* __linux__ */
 	
     if ((version_string_depth < 2) ||		 /* Non-standard for all known kernels */
        ((version_string_depth < 3) && (x < 3))) /* Non-standard for 2.x.x kernels */
+#ifdef __linux__
 	fprintf(stderr,		/* *very* unlikely to happen by accident */
 		"Non-standard uts for running kernel:\n"
 		"release %s=%d.%d.%d gives version code %d\n",
 		uts.release, x, y, z, LINUX_VERSION(x,y,z));
+#else
+		"%s=%d.%d.%d gives version code %d\n",
+		buf, x, y, z, LINUX_VERSION(x,y,z));
+#endif /* __linux__ */
     linux_version_code = LINUX_VERSION(x, y, z);
 }