diff --git a/packaging/debian/opensips-mongodb-module.preinst b/packaging/debian/opensips-mongodb-module.preinst
index 2ecf52ef17..f8fa887787 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/opensips-mongodb-module.preinst
+++ b/packaging/debian/opensips-mongodb-module.preinst
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #DEBHELPER#
-set -e
 
-LIBMONGOC_NAME=libmongoc-1.0-0
+dpkg -s libmongoc-1.0-0 > /dev/null && exit 0
+dpkg -s libmongoc-1.0-0t64 > /dev/null && exit 0
 
-# check if libmongoc is installed
-dpkg -s $LIBMONGOC_NAME > /dev/null
-if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]
-then
-    echo "This packages was not built for your release!"
-    echo "opensips-mongodb-module wasn't installed and you cannot use it in your script!"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-exit 0
+# no known library installed
+echo "This packages was not built for your release!"
+echo "opensips-mongodb-module wasn't installed and you cannot use it in your script!"
+exit 1