diff --git a/heartbeat/ocf-distro b/heartbeat/ocf-distro
index 530ee57ed..f69910c98 100644
--- a/heartbeat/ocf-distro
+++ b/heartbeat/ocf-distro
@@ -1,47 +1,47 @@
 #
 # This is OCF Linux distribution query support
 # 
 # Currently needed for the nfsserver RA which has some already
 # released RH specific stuff (/etc/sysconfig/nfs editing)
 # 
 
 _DEBIAN_VERSION_FILE="/etc/debian_version"
 _REDHAT_RELEASE_FILE="/etc/redhat-release"
 _SUSE_RELEASE_FILE="/etc/SuSE-release"
 _RELEASE_FILES="/etc/*-release"
 _REDHAT_BASED_DISTROS_RE='red *hat|fedora|centos|scientific linux'
 
 get_release_id() {
 	if which lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		lsb_release -si
 	elif [ -e $_DEBIAN_VERSION_FILE ]; then
 		echo Debian
 	elif [ -e $_SUSE_RELEASE_FILE ]; then
 		echo SUSE
 	elif [ -e $_REDHAT_RELEASE_FILE ]; then
 		echo Redhat
 	else # FIXME not exactly the id here, but will do for our purpose
 		cat $_RELEASE_FILES 2>/dev/null
 	fi
 }
 
 is_redhat_based() {
 	get_release_id | egrep -qsi "$_REDHAT_BASED_DISTROS_RE"
 }
 
 # get_os_ver() is currently unused
 get_os_ver() {
 	if which lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		OS=`lsb_release -si`
 		VER=`lsb_release -sr`
 	elif [ -f $_DEBIAN_VERSION_FILE ]; then
 		OS=Debian
 		VER=$(cat $_DEBIAN_VERSION_FILE)
 	elif [ -f $_REDHAT_RELEASE_FILE ]; then
 		OS=RedHat  # redhat or similar
-		VER= # here some complex sed script
+		VER=$(sed "s/.* release \([^ ]\+\).*/\1/" $_REDHAT_RELEASE_FILE)
 	else
 		OS=$(uname -s)
 		VER=$(uname -r)
 	fi
 }