diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index 9781bb53ae..54a2eac6ec 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Facts(object):
             RedHat = 'RedHat', Fedora = 'RedHat', CentOS = 'RedHat', Scientific = 'RedHat',
             SLC = 'RedHat', Ascendos = 'RedHat', CloudLinux = 'RedHat', PSBM = 'RedHat',
             OracleLinux = 'RedHat', OVS = 'RedHat', OEL = 'RedHat', Amazon = 'RedHat',
-            XenServer = 'RedHat', Ubuntu = 'Debian', Debian = 'Debian', SLES = 'Suse',
+            XenServer = 'RedHat', Ubuntu = 'Debian', Debian = 'Debian', Raspbian = 'Debian', SLES = 'Suse',
             SLED = 'Suse', openSUSE = 'Suse', SuSE = 'Suse', Gentoo = 'Gentoo', Funtoo = 'Gentoo',
             Archlinux = 'Archlinux', Mandriva = 'Mandrake', Mandrake = 'Mandrake',
             Solaris = 'Solaris', Nexenta = 'Solaris', OmniOS = 'Solaris', OpenIndiana = 'Solaris',
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class Facts(object):
                                                 self.facts['distribution_version'] = self.facts['distribution_version'] + '.' + release.group(1)
                         elif name == 'Debian':
                             data = get_file_content(path)
-                            if 'Debian' in data:
+                            if 'Debian' in data or 'Raspbian' in data:
                                 release = re.search("PRETTY_NAME=[^(]+ \(?([^)]+?)\)", data)
                                 if release:
                                     self.facts['distribution_release'] = release.groups()[0]
@@ -2674,4 +2674,3 @@ def get_all_facts(module):
     setup_result['verbose_override'] = True
 
     return setup_result
-