diff --git a/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake b/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake
index 8a118e7a3b..1ceec7e06e 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ endfunction(FetchPotentials)
 # set CMAKE_LINUX_DISTRO and CMAKE_DISTRO_VERSION on Linux
 if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux") AND (EXISTS /etc/os-release))
   file(STRINGS /etc/os-release distro REGEX "^NAME=")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "NAME=\"?([^\"]*)\"?" "\\1" distro "${distro}")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "NAME=\"?([^ ]+).*\"?" "\\1" distro "${distro}")
   file(STRINGS /etc/os-release disversion REGEX "^VERSION_ID=")
   string(REGEX REPLACE "VERSION_ID=\"?([^\"]*)\"?" "\\1" disversion "${disversion}")
   set(CMAKE_LINUX_DISTRO ${distro})