diff --git a/ipify/settings.py b/ipify/settings.py
index 17aebc9..72c9a67 100644
--- a/ipify/settings.py
+++ b/ipify/settings.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 """
 
 
-from platform import mac_ver, win32_ver, linux_distribution, system
+from platform import mac_ver, win32_ver, system
+from distro import linux_distribution
 from sys import version_info as vi
 
 from . import __version__
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c12c043..ff2d536 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def run(self):
     install_requires = [
         'backoff>=1.0.7',
         'requests>=2.7.0',
+        'distro>=1.4.0',
     ],
     tests_require = [
         'pytest>=2.7.0',