diff --git a/tools/vm/slabinfo-gnuplot.sh b/tools/vm/slabinfo-gnuplot.sh
index 26e193ffd2a2..873a892147e5 100644
--- a/tools/vm/slabinfo-gnuplot.sh
+++ b/tools/vm/slabinfo-gnuplot.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ do_preprocess()
 	let lines=3
 	out=`basename "$in"`"-slabs-by-loss"
 	`cat "$in" | grep -A "$lines" 'Slabs sorted by loss' |\
-		egrep -iv '\-\-|Name|Slabs'\
+		grep -E -iv '\-\-|Name|Slabs'\
 		| awk '{print $1" "$4+$2*$3" "$4}' > "$out"`
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		do_slabs_plotting "$out"
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ do_preprocess()
 	let lines=3
 	out=`basename "$in"`"-slabs-by-size"
 	`cat "$in" | grep -A "$lines" 'Slabs sorted by size' |\
-		egrep -iv '\-\-|Name|Slabs'\
+		grep -E -iv '\-\-|Name|Slabs'\
 		| awk '{print $1" "$4" "$4-$2*$3}' > "$out"`
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		do_slabs_plotting "$out"