1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua b/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua
index bd5139b7..213d16bf 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ local function detect_elf_system(fd, hdr, sections)
             idx = idx + (vn_next * (vn_cnt + 1))
          end
       end
+
+      local procfile = io.open("/proc/sys/kernel/ostype")
+      if procfile then
+         local version = procfile:read(6)
+         procfile:close()
+         if version == "Linux\n" then
+            return "linux"
+         end
+      end
    end
    
    return system