diff --git a/collector/status.go b/collector/status.go
index 854a905..537dda4 100644
--- a/collector/status.go
+++ b/collector/status.go
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@ func processStatusVersion(output []byte) (string, string, error) {
 	}
 	version := versionMatch[1]
 
-	// Extract OS using regex: on OS.
+	// Extract OS using regex: on OS. OS is optional as not all FRR
+	// distributions include it (e.g. Cumulus).
+	var os string
 	osRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`on (.+)\.$`)
 	osMatch := osRegex.FindStringSubmatch(firstLine)
-	if len(osMatch) < 2 {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("could not extract OS from: %s", firstLine)
+	if len(osMatch) >= 2 {
+		os = osMatch[1]
 	}
-	os := osMatch[1]
 
 	return version, os, nil
 }
diff --git a/collector/status_test.go b/collector/status_test.go
index 6038379..e28279f 100644
--- a/collector/status_test.go
+++ b/collector/status_test.go
@@ -71,6 +71,24 @@ func TestProcessStatusVersionWithMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	compareMetrics(t, gotMetrics, expectedStatusMetrics)
 }
 
+func TestProcessStatusVersionNoOS(t *testing.T) {
+	fixture := readTestFixture(t, "show_version_no_os.txt")
+
+	version, os, err := processStatusVersion(fixture)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error calling processStatusVersion: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	expectedVersion := "7.5+cl5.2.0u0"
+	if version != expectedVersion {
+		t.Errorf("expected version %s, got %s", expectedVersion, version)
+	}
+
+	if os != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty os, got %s", os)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestProcessStatusVersionEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	_, _, err := processStatusVersion([]byte(""))
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/collector/testdata/show_version_no_os.txt b/collector/testdata/show_version_no_os.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34506ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/testdata/show_version_no_os.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FRRouting 7.5+cl5.2.0u0 (router).
+Copyright 1996-2005 Kunihiro Ishiguro, et al.