diff --git a/build/update_version_from_git.py b/build/update_version_from_git.py
index 2768993a7f3..f25ffff1877 100755
--- a/build/update_version_from_git.py
+++ b/build/update_version_from_git.py
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ def run_command(cmd):
     with open('.TriblerVersion', 'w') as f:
         f.write(version_id)
 
-    if sys.platform == 'linux2':
+    if sys.platform == 'linux2' or sys.platform == 'linux':
         run_command('dch -v {} New upstream release.'.format(version_id).split())
-
+        
         logger.info('Writing AppStream version info.')
-
+        
         import time
         import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml
         import defusedxml.ElementTree as defxml