diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group b/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group
index 1365c60d..ab4396b1 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__git/explorer/group
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ then
 	then
 		printf '%u\n' "${group_gid}"
 	else
-		printf '%s\n' "$(id -u -n "${group_gid}")"
+		if command -v getent > /dev/null
+		then
+			getent group "${group_gid}" | cut -d : -f 1
+		else
+			awk -F: -v gid="${group_gid}" '$3 == gid { print $1 }' /etc/group
+		fi
 	fi
 fi