diff --git a/bin/compose b/bin/compose
index 765b754..9f15b41 100755
--- a/bin/compose
+++ b/bin/compose
@@ -308,14 +308,30 @@ list_compose_vars() {
     done < <(declare -p | grep "^declare -x COMPOSE_[A-Z_]\+=\"")
 }
 
+get_running_compose_containers() {
+    ## XXXvlab: docker bug: there will be a final newline anyway
+    docker ps --filter label="compose.service" --format='{{.ID}}'
+}
+
+get_volumes_for_container() {
+    local container="$1"
+
+    docker inspect \
+        --format '{{range $mount := .Mounts}}{{$mount.Source}}{{"\x00"}}{{$mount.Destination}}{{"\x00"}}{{end}}' \
+        "$container"
+}
+
+
 
 is_volume_used() {
-    local volume="$1" out
-    if ! out=$(docker ps --filter volume="$volume" --format {{.ID}}); then
-        err "Couldn't query containers by volumes."
-        return 0
-    fi
-    [ -n "$out" ]
+    local volume="$1"
+
+    while read container_id; do
+        while read-0 src dst; do
+            [ "$src" == "$volume" ] && return 0
+        done < <(get_volumes_for_container "$container_id")
+    done < <(get_running_compose_containers)
+    return 1
 }
 
 
diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index 112f867..4ad4ba2 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -3325,12 +3325,14 @@ get_volumes_for_container() {
 export -f get_volumes_for_container
 
 is_volume_used() {
-    local volume="$1" out
-    if ! out=$(docker ps --filter volume="$volume" --format {{.ID}}); then
-        err "Couldn't query containers by volumes."
-        return 0
-    fi
-    [ -n "$out" ]
+    local volume="$1" container_id src dst
+
+    while read -r container_id; do
+        while read-0 src dst; do
+            [[ "$src/" == "$volume"/* ]] && return 0
+        done < <(get_volumes_for_container "$container_id")
+    done < <(get_running_compose_containers)
+    return 1
 }
 export -f is_volume_used