diff --git a/cloudcafe/compute/common/clients/remote_instance/linux/linux_client.py b/cloudcafe/compute/common/clients/remote_instance/linux/linux_client.py
index 7c2d512f..0aacd36c 100644
--- a/cloudcafe/compute/common/clients/remote_instance/linux/linux_client.py
+++ b/cloudcafe/compute/common/clients/remote_instance/linux/linux_client.py
@@ -578,5 +578,8 @@ class LinuxClient(RemoteInstanceClient):
 
         result = self.ssh_client.execute_command('lsb_release -d')
         if result:
-            distro = result.stdout.split(':')[1]
-            return distro
+            try:
+                distro = result.stdout.split(':')[1]
+                return distro
+            except IndexError:
+                return ''