diff --git a/plugins/guests/photon/guest.rb b/plugins/guests/photon/guest.rb
index 13474d6ee..897cd5e95 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/photon/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/photon/guest.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestPhoton
     class Guest < Vagrant.plugin("2", :guest)
       def detect?(machine)
-        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/photon-release | grep 'VMware Photon Linux'")
+        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/photon-release | grep 'VMware Photon'")
       end
     end
   end