diff --git a/gns3server/crash_report.py b/gns3server/crash_report.py
index 26071d86..a7b2734d 100644
--- a/gns3server/crash_report.py
+++ b/gns3server/crash_report.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import struct
 import aiohttp
 import platform
 import locale
+import distro
 
 try:
     import raven
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ class CrashReport:
                 "os:release": platform.release(),
                 "os:win_32": " ".join(platform.win32_ver()),
                 "os:mac": "{} {}".format(platform.mac_ver()[0], platform.mac_ver()[2]),
-                "os:linux": " ".join(platform.linux_distribution()),
+                "os:linux": " ".join(distro.linux_distribution()),
                 "aiohttp:version": aiohttp.__version__,
                 "python:version": "{}.{}.{}".format(sys.version_info[0],
                                                     sys.version_info[1],
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index edd65a31..25710c78 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ psutil>=3.0.0
 zipstream>=1.1.4
 typing>=3.5.3.0 # Otherwise yarl fails with python 3.4
 prompt-toolkit==1.0.15
-async-timeout<3.0.0 # pyup: ignore; 3.0 drops support for python 3.4
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+async-timeout<3.0.0 # pyup: ignore; 3.0 drops support for python 3.4
+distro>=1.3.0
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