diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index 796ebc92bdd..a8c53eda3d9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class Facts(object):
                     ('/etc/gentoo-release', 'Gentoo'),
                     ('/etc/os-release', 'Debian'),
                     ('/etc/lsb-release', 'Mandriva'),
+                    ('/etc/altlinux-release', 'Altlinux'),
                     ('/etc/os-release', 'NA'),
                 )
     SELINUX_MODE_DICT = { 1: 'enforcing', 0: 'permissive', -1: 'disabled' }
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ class Facts(object):
             OracleLinux = 'RedHat', OVS = 'RedHat', OEL = 'RedHat', Amazon = 'RedHat',
             XenServer = 'RedHat', Ubuntu = 'Debian', Debian = 'Debian', Raspbian = 'Debian', Slackware = 'Slackware', SLES = 'Suse',
             SLED = 'Suse', openSUSE = 'Suse', SuSE = 'Suse', SLES_SAP = 'Suse', Gentoo = 'Gentoo', Funtoo = 'Gentoo',
-            Archlinux = 'Archlinux', Manjaro = 'Archlinux', Mandriva = 'Mandrake', Mandrake = 'Mandrake',
+            Archlinux = 'Archlinux', Manjaro = 'Archlinux', Mandriva = 'Mandrake', Mandrake = 'Mandrake', Altlinux = 'Altlinux',
             Solaris = 'Solaris', Nexenta = 'Solaris', OmniOS = 'Solaris', OpenIndiana = 'Solaris',
             SmartOS = 'Solaris', AIX = 'AIX', Alpine = 'Alpine', MacOSX = 'Darwin',
             FreeBSD = 'FreeBSD', HPUX = 'HP-UX'
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ class Facts(object):
             for (path, name) in Facts.OSDIST_LIST:
                 if os.path.exists(path):
                     if os.path.getsize(path) > 0:
-                        if self.facts['distribution'] in ('Fedora', ):
+                        if self.facts['distribution'] in ('Fedora', 'Altlinux', ):
                             # Once we determine the value is one of these distros
                             # we trust the values are always correct
                             break
@@ -356,6 +357,13 @@ class Facts(object):
                             else:
                                 self.facts['distribution'] = data.split()[0]
                             break
+                        elif name == 'Altlinux':
+                            data = get_file_content(path)
+                            if 'ALT Linux' in data:
+                                self.facts['distribution'] = name
+                            else:
+                                self.facts['distribution'] = data.split()[0]
+                            break
                         elif name == 'OtherLinux':
                             data = get_file_content(path)
                             if 'Amazon' in data: