diff --git a/pull-debian-source b/pull-debian-source
index 67ddb58..1b19e25 100755
--- a/pull-debian-source
+++ b/pull-debian-source
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use strict;
 use LWP::Simple;
 use File::Basename;
 
-die("Please install 'devscripts'\n") if(! grep -x "$_/dget",$ENV{'PATH'});
+die("Please install 'devscripts'\n") if(! grep -x "$_/dget", split(':',$ENV{'PATH'}));
 
 my($package)=$ARGV[0] || &usage();
 &usage() if(($package=~m/^\-\-help/i) || ($package=~m/^\-h/i));