diff --git a/make-ring.py b/make-ring.py
index 711d3f4a7a08e0f8dba860ea563d0fba86b26e51..f0375c0d4e39a2c668f89ae226518a0af88f1072 100755
--- a/make-ring.py
+++ b/make-ring.py
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ def parse_args():
 def choose_distribution():
     system = platform.system().lower()
     if system == "linux" or system == "linux2":
+        if os.path.isfile("/etc/arch-release"):
+            return "Arch Linux"
         with open("/etc/os-release") as f:
             for line in f:
                 k,v = line.split("=")