diff --git a/vgrep.go b/vgrep.go
index e5bb4065..4e5609df 100644
--- a/vgrep.go
+++ b/vgrep.go
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ func (v *vgrep) getGrepType() (grepType string) {
 	out, _ := v.runCommand([]string{"grep", "--version"}, "")
 	versionString := out[0]
 	// versionString = "grep (BSD grep) 2.5.1-FreeBSD"
-	versionRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`\(([[:alpha:]]+) grep\)`)
+	// versionString = "grep (BSD grep, GNU compatible) 2.6.0-FreeBSD"
+	versionRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`\(([[:alpha:]]+) grep`)
 	// versionRegex matches to ["(BSD grep)", "BSD"], return "BSD"
 	grepType = versionRegex.FindStringSubmatch(versionString)[1]
 	return