diff --git a/lib/facter/freeradius_maj_version.rb b/lib/facter/freeradius_maj_version.rb
index f37f9d6899ed25c6aea1d333de4557e68bf67274..758a4eca55552117ca9b64ea44d417550a3763dd 100644
--- a/lib/facter/freeradius_maj_version.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/freeradius_maj_version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Facter.add(:freeradius_maj_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