diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49cdee1e..11637a88 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ### Added
 - Check the vt's preference value for type 'file'. [#130](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/130).
+- Add set_nvticache_str(). [#151](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/151)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Improve redis clean out when stopping a scan. [#128](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd-openvas/pull/128)
diff --git a/ospd_openvas/daemon.py b/ospd_openvas/daemon.py
index ae66fb45..1f8e0308 100644
--- a/ospd_openvas/daemon.py
+++ b/ospd_openvas/daemon.py
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ def __init__(self, *, niceness=None, **kwargs):
         self.openvas_db = OpenvasDB()
 
         self.nvti = NVTICache(self.openvas_db)
+        self.nvti.set_nvticache_str()
 
         self.pending_feed = None
 
diff --git a/ospd_openvas/nvticache.py b/ospd_openvas/nvticache.py
index 285ac471..05e8045d 100644
--- a/ospd_openvas/nvticache.py
+++ b/ospd_openvas/nvticache.py
@@ -20,14 +20,22 @@
 """ Provide functions to handle NVT Info Cache. """
 
 import logging
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 from ospd_openvas.db import NVT_META_FIELDS
+from ospd_openvas.errors import OspdOpenvasError
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 LIST_FIRST_POS = 0
 LIST_LAST_POS = -1
 
+SUPPORTED_NVTICACHE_VERSIONS = ('11.0',)
+
 
 class NVTICache(object):
 
@@ -48,11 +56,44 @@ class NVTICache(object):
         'default': '70',
     }
 
-    NVTICACHE_STR = 'nvticache11.0.0'
+    NVTICACHE_STR = None
 
     def __init__(self, openvas_db):
         self._openvas_db = openvas_db
 
+    def set_nvticache_str(self):
+        """Set nvticache name"""
+        try:
+            result = subprocess.check_output(
+                ['pkg-config', '--modversion', 'libgvm_util'],
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            )
+        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, PermissionError) as e:
+            raise OspdOpenvasError(
+                "Error setting nvticache. "
+                "Not possible to get the installed "
+                "gvm-libs version. %s" % e
+            )
+
+        installed_lib = parse_version(str(result.decode('utf-8')))
+
+        for supported_item in SUPPORTED_NVTICACHE_VERSIONS:
+            supported_lib = parse_version(supported_item)
+            if (
+                installed_lib >= supported_lib
+                and installed_lib.base_version.split('.')[0]
+                == supported_lib.base_version.split('.')[0]
+            ):
+                NVTICache.NVTICACHE_STR = (
+                    "nvticache" + result.decode('utf-8').rstrip()
+                )
+                return
+
+        logger.error(
+            "Error setting nvticache. " "Incompatible nvticache version."
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     def get_feed_version(self):
         """ Get feed version.
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_nvti_cache.py b/tests/test_nvti_cache.py
index 2123f71a..3bea1c2f 100644
--- a/tests/test_nvti_cache.py
+++ b/tests/test_nvti_cache.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import patch
+
 from ospd_openvas.db import OpenvasDB
 from ospd_openvas.nvticache import NVTICache
 
@@ -270,3 +271,15 @@ def test_get_nvt_tag(self, mock_redis):
         resp = self.nvti.get_nvt_tag(mock_redis(), '1.2.3.4')
 
         self.assertEqual(out_dict, resp)
+
+    @patch('ospd_openvas.nvticache.subprocess')
+    def test_set_nvticache_str(self, mock_subps, mock_redis):
+        self.assertIsNone(self.nvti.NVTICACHE_STR)
+
+        mock_subps.check_output.return_value = '11.0.1\n'.encode()
+        self.nvti.set_nvticache_str()
+        self.assertEqual(self.nvti.NVTICACHE_STR, 'nvticache11.0.1')
+
+        mock_subps.check_output.return_value = '20.04\n'.encode()
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            self.nvti.set_nvticache_str()