diff --git a/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c b/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
index 7084178b..83869c5b 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
+++ b/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
@@ -2441,6 +2441,8 @@ static void redhat_vendor_parse(char *line, sigar_sys_info_t *info)
 
 #define RHEL_PREFIX "Red Hat Enterprise Linux "
 #define CENTOS_VENDOR "CentOS"
+#define SL_VENDOR "Scientific Linux"
+
     if (strnEQ(line, RHEL_PREFIX, sizeof(RHEL_PREFIX)-1)) {
         snprintf(info->vendor_version,
                  sizeof(info->vendor_version),
@@ -2450,6 +2452,9 @@ static void redhat_vendor_parse(char *line, sigar_sys_info_t *info)
     else if (strnEQ(line, CENTOS_VENDOR, sizeof(CENTOS_VENDOR)-1)) {
         SIGAR_SSTRCPY(info->vendor, CENTOS_VENDOR);
     }
+    else if (strnEQ(line, SL_VENDOR, sizeof(SL_VENDOR)-1)) {
+        SIGAR_SSTRCPY(info->vendor, SL_VENDOR);
+    }
 }
 
 #define is_quote(c) ((c == '\'') || (c == '"'))