diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/cryptsetup/CryptSetup.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/cryptsetup/CryptSetup.java
index 82c4ebe6d8f..bcdb9acb7b6 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/cryptsetup/CryptSetup.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/cryptsetup/CryptSetup.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class CryptSetup {
 
     public boolean isSupported() {
         final Script script = new Script(commandPath);
-        script.add("--usage");
+        script.add("--version");
         final String result = script.execute();
         return result == null;
     }