diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version b/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version
index 4c41695b..1d54ea60 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version
@@ -70,4 +70,7 @@ case "$("$__explorer/os")" in
    ubuntu)
       lsb_release -sr
    ;;
-esac
+   alpine)
+       cat /etc/alpine-release
+   ;;
+esac
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