diff --git a/utils/novnc_proxy b/utils/novnc_proxy
index 6a4b11a5..2f29a772 100755
--- a/utils/novnc_proxy
+++ b/utils/novnc_proxy
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ if [[ -d ${HERE}/websockify ]]; then
 
     echo "Using local websockify at $WEBSOCKIFY"
 else
-    WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM=$(which websockify 2>/dev/null)
+    WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM=$(type -P websockify 2>/dev/null)
     [ -f $WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM ] && WEBSOCKIFY=$WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM
 
     if [ ! -f "$WEBSOCKIFY" ]; then