diff --git a/lib/facter/freeradius_version.rb b/lib/facter/freeradius_version.rb
index d8abb227bf75ccde5c9dc9ed29b5a4627e9548aa..2473a85fab9970d7d9a329aa48d2e3363e58cb06 100644
--- a/lib/facter/freeradius_version.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/freeradius_version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Facter.add(:freeradius_version) do
   setcode do
     version = Facter::Core::Execution.exec('radiusd -v')
+    if version.nil?
+      version = Facter::Core::Execution.exec('freeradius -v')
+    end
     if !version.nil?
       version = version.split(/\n/)[0].match(/FreeRADIUS Version (\d\.\d\.\d)/)[1].to_s
     end