diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 096b6991..7f57b584 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ SUDO="sudo"
 
 # Distro check functions
 function is_fedora {
-    # note we consider CentOS 7 as fedora for now
-    lsb_release -i 2>/dev/null | grep -iq "fedora" || \
-        lsb_release -i 2>/dev/null | grep -iq "CentOS"
+    # note this is a little mis-named, we consider basically anything
+    # using RPM as "is_fedora".  This includes centos7, fedora &
+    # related distros like CloudOS and OracleLinux (note, we don't
+    # support centos6 with this script -- we are assuming is_fedora
+    # implies >=centos7 features such as systemd/journal, etc).
+    #
+    # This is KISS; if we need more fine-grained differentiation we
+    # will handle it later.
+    rpm -qf /etc/*-release >&/dev/null
 }
 
 function is_ubuntu {