diff --git a/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb b/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb
index bd97276b1..98d619cc2 100644
--- a/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb
+++ b/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             contents = f.gets
             return true if contents =~ /^Fedora/
             return true if contents =~ /^CentOS/
+            return true if contents =~ /^Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server/
           end
         end
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         release_file = Pathname.new("/etc/redhat-release")
         begin
           release_file.open("r") do |f|
-            version_number = /(CentOS|Fedora).*release ([0-9]+)/.match(f.gets)[1].to_i
+            version_number = /(CentOS|Fedora|Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server).*release ([0-9]+)/.match(f.gets)[2].to_i
             if version_number >= 16
               # "service nfs-server" will redirect properly to systemctl
               # when "service nfs-server restart" is called.