diff --git a/lib/train/platforms/detect/helpers/os_linux.rb b/lib/train/platforms/detect/helpers/os_linux.rb
index 704c6b7f..47647e96 100644
--- a/lib/train/platforms/detect/helpers/os_linux.rb
+++ b/lib/train/platforms/detect/helpers/os_linux.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ def redhatish_version(conf)
       case conf
       when /rawhide/i
         /((\d+) \(Rawhide\))/i.match(conf)[1].downcase
-      when /Amazon Linux AMI/i
-        /release ([\d\.]+)/.match(conf)[1]
+      when /Amazon Linux/i
+        /([\d\.]+)/.match(conf)[1]
       when /derived from .*linux|amazon/i
         /Linux ((\d+|\.)+)/i.match(conf)[1]
       else
diff --git a/test/unit/platforms/detect/os_linux_test.rb b/test/unit/platforms/detect/os_linux_test.rb
index bbe42ba1..4b358612 100644
--- a/test/unit/platforms/detect/os_linux_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/platforms/detect/os_linux_test.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ class OsDetectLinuxTester
     it 'normal linux' do
       detector.redhatish_version('derived from Ubuntu Linux 11').must_equal('11')
     end
+
+    it 'amazon linux 2 new release naming schema' do
+      detector.redhatish_version('Amazon Linux release 2 (Karoo)').must_equal('2')
+    end
+
+    it 'amazon linux 2 old release naming schema' do
+      detector.redhatish_version('Amazon Linux 2').must_equal('2')
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'lsb parse' do