diff --git a/scripts/platform.cake b/scripts/platform.cake
index 2338675b81..31e1ef8d8e 100644
--- a/scripts/platform.cake
+++ b/scripts/platform.cake
@@ -105,11 +105,23 @@ public sealed class Platform
 
     private static void ReadDistroNameAndVersion(out string distroName, out Version version)
     {
-        var lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines("/etc/os-release");
-
         distroName = null;
         version = null;
 
+        string OS_Release_Path = "/etc/os-release";
+
+        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(OS_Release_Path))
+        {
+            OS_Release_Path = "/usr/lib/os-release";
+        }
+
+        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(OS_Release_Path))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(OS_Release_Path);
+
         foreach (var line in lines)
         {
             var equalsIndex = line.IndexOf('=');
diff --git a/src/OmniSharp.Shared/Utilities/Platform.cs b/src/OmniSharp.Shared/Utilities/Platform.cs
index 2b9eda18f7..1a483e57e9 100644
--- a/src/OmniSharp.Shared/Utilities/Platform.cs
+++ b/src/OmniSharp.Shared/Utilities/Platform.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ private static void ReadDistroNameAndVersion(out string distroName, out Version
             version = null;
 
             // Details: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
-            const string OS_Release_Path = "/etc/os-release";
+            string OS_Release_Path = "/etc/os-release";
+
+            if (!File.Exists(OS_Release_Path))
+            {
+                OS_Release_Path = "/usr/lib/os-release";
+            }
 
             if (!File.Exists(OS_Release_Path))
             {