diff --git a/cmd/control/util.go b/cmd/control/util.go
index 4f7730c9..1386b648 100644
--- a/cmd/control/util.go
+++ b/cmd/control/util.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/rancher/os/config"
 	"github.com/rancher/os/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/rancher/os/pkg/util/versions"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func formatImage(image string, cfg *config.CloudConfig) string {
 }
 
 func symLinkEngineBinary(version string) []symlink {
+	versionNum := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(version, "docker-", "", -1), "-ce", "", -1)
 	baseSymlink := []symlink{
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/docker", "/usr/bin/docker"},
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/dockerd", "/usr/bin/dockerd"},
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ func symLinkEngineBinary(version string) []symlink {
 		{"/usr/share/ros/os-release", "/usr/lib/os-release"},
 		{"/usr/share/ros/os-release", "/etc/os-release"},
 	}
-	if strings.Contains(version, "18.09") {
+	if versions.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(versionNum, "18.09.0") {
 		baseSymlink = append(baseSymlink, []symlink{
 			{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/containerd", "/usr/bin/containerd"},
 			{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/ctr", "/usr/bin/ctr"},
diff --git a/pkg/util/versions/compare.go b/pkg/util/versions/compare.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..611d4fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/versions/compare.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package versions
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// compare compares two version strings
+// returns -1 if v1 < v2, 1 if v1 > v2, 0 otherwise.
+func compare(v1, v2 string) int {
+	var (
+		currTab  = strings.Split(v1, ".")
+		otherTab = strings.Split(v2, ".")
+	)
+
+	max := len(currTab)
+	if len(otherTab) > max {
+		max = len(otherTab)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < max; i++ {
+		var currInt, otherInt int
+
+		if len(currTab) > i {
+			currInt, _ = strconv.Atoi(currTab[i])
+		}
+		if len(otherTab) > i {
+			otherInt, _ = strconv.Atoi(otherTab[i])
+		}
+		if currInt > otherInt {
+			return 1
+		}
+		if otherInt > currInt {
+			return -1
+		}
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+// LessThan checks if a version is less than another
+func LessThan(v, other string) bool {
+	return compare(v, other) == -1
+}
+
+// LessThanOrEqualTo checks if a version is less than or equal to another
+func LessThanOrEqualTo(v, other string) bool {
+	return compare(v, other) <= 0
+}
+
+// GreaterThan checks if a version is greater than another
+func GreaterThan(v, other string) bool {
+	return compare(v, other) == 1
+}
+
+// GreaterThanOrEqualTo checks if a version is greater than or equal to another
+func GreaterThanOrEqualTo(v, other string) bool {
+	return compare(v, other) >= 0
+}
+
+// Equal checks if a version is equal to another
+func Equal(v, other string) bool {
+	return compare(v, other) == 0
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/versions/compare_test.go b/pkg/util/versions/compare_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2b96869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/versions/compare_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package versions
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func assertVersion(t *testing.T, a, b string, result int) {
+	if r := compare(a, b); r != result {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected version comparison result. Found %d, expected %d", r, result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCompareVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	assertVersion(t, "1.12", "1.12", 0)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.0.0", "1", 0)
+	assertVersion(t, "1", "1.0.0", 0)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.05.00.0156", "1.0.221.9289", 1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1", "1.0.1", -1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.0.1", "1", 1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.0.1", "1.0.2", -1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.0.2", "1.0.3", -1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.0.3", "1.1", -1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.1", "1.1.1", -1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.1.1", "1.1.2", -1)
+	assertVersion(t, "1.1.2", "1.2", -1)
+}