diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 56cfb77..295eedd 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.4.17
+####  version: 1.4.18
 ####  Date: September 29 2010
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -2255,9 +2255,27 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
 				distroCodename = $NF " "
 			}
 		}
+		# sometimes some distros cannot do their lsb-release files correctly, so here is
+		# one last chance to get it right.
+		/^DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION/ {
+			gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
+			if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
+				# slice out the part inside "", like: DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Arch Linux"
+				gsub(/DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=|"/,"",$0)
+				distroDescription = $0
+			}
+		}
 		END {
-			print distroId distroRelease distroCodename
-		}' $FILE_LSB_RELEASE )
+			fullString=""
+			if ( distroId == "" && distroRelease == "" && distroCodename == "" && distroDescription != "" ){
+				fullString = distroDescription
+			}
+			else {
+				fullString = distroId distroRelease distroCodename
+			}
+			print fullString
+		}
+		' $FILE_LSB_RELEASE )
 		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_LSB_RELEASE"
 	fi
 	# this is HORRIBLY slow, but I don't know why, it runs fast in shell