diff --git a/api/views/config.py b/api/views/config.py
index 8cac4db..c6ddce0 100755
--- a/api/views/config.py
+++ b/api/views/config.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Meta:
             'screen_on', 'screen_width', 'screen_height',
             'items_total', 'items_shown', 'items_error', 'items_updated',
             'app_uptime', 'app_date', 'app_branch', 'app_hash', 'app_checked', 'app_installed',
-            'os_name', 'os_version', 'container_name', 'container_version',  'python_version', 'django_version',
+            'os_dist', 'os_name', 'os_version', 'container_name', 'container_version',  'python_version', 'django_version',
             'links',
         )
         read_only_fields = BaseSerializer.Meta.read_only_fields
diff --git a/config/migrations/0034_displaystatus_container_name_and_more.py b/config/migrations/0034_displaystatus_container_name_and_more.py
index 9127d7c..7f22891 100644
--- a/config/migrations/0034_displaystatus_container_name_and_more.py
+++ b/config/migrations/0034_displaystatus_container_name_and_more.py
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='python_version',
             field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='Version of python in use', max_length=32, null=True, verbose_name='Python version'),
         ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='displaystatus',
+            name='os_dist',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='Distribution of installed operating system', max_length=32, null=True, verbose_name='Operating system distribution'),
+        ),
         migrations.AddField(
             model_name='displaystatus',
             name='os_name',
diff --git a/config/models/display.py b/config/models/display.py
index 1ed3973..028706b 100755
--- a/config/models/display.py
+++ b/config/models/display.py
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ class DisplayStatus(BaseModel):
     app_installed = models.DateTimeField(
         blank=True, null=True,
         verbose_name='Application installation', help_text='Date of last update installation')
+    os_dist = models.CharField(
+        max_length=32, blank=True, null=True,
+        verbose_name='Operating system distribution', help_text='Distribution of installed operating system')
     os_name = models.CharField(
         max_length=32, blank=True, null=True,
         verbose_name='Operating system', help_text='Name of installed operating system')
diff --git a/framarama/base/frontend.py b/framarama/base/frontend.py
index f9304cb..9cf6255 100755
--- a/framarama/base/frontend.py
+++ b/framarama/base/frontend.py
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ def get_status(self, restrictions=None):
             _data['container'] = { 'name': _container, 'version' : _container_version }
             _os_info = _capability.os_info()
             _data['os'] = {
+                'dist': _os_info.get('distibution') if _os_info else None,
                 'name': _os_info.get('name') if _os_info else None,
                 'version': _os_info.get('release') if _os_info else None
             }