diff --git a/third-party/cmake/FindFLEX.cmake b/third-party/cmake/FindFLEX.cmake
index bc931d46a..7cd5c84f5 100644
--- a/third-party/cmake/FindFLEX.cmake
+++ b/third-party/cmake/FindFLEX.cmake
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ MARK_AS_ADVANCED(FL_LIBRARY)
 SET(FLEX_LIBRARIES ${FL_LIBRARY})
 
 IF(FLEX_EXECUTABLE)
-
+  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(FLEX_EXECUTABLE_NAME ${FLEX_EXECUTABLE} NAME)
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${FLEX_EXECUTABLE} --version
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE FLEX_version_output
     ERROR_VARIABLE FLEX_version_error
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ IF(FLEX_EXECUTABLE)
       MESSAGE("Command \"${FLEX_EXECUTABLE} --version\" failed with output:\n${FLEX_version_output}\n${FLEX_version_error}\nFLEX_VERSION will not be available")
     ENDIF()
   ELSE()
-    STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^flex[^ ]* (.*)$" "\\1"
+    STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^${FLEX_EXECUTABLE_NAME}[^ ]* (.*)$" "\\1"
       FLEX_VERSION "${FLEX_version_output}")
   ENDIF()