diff --git a/lib/specinfra/helper/detect_os/aix.rb b/lib/specinfra/helper/detect_os/aix.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/specinfra/helper/detect_os/aix.rb
+++ b/lib/specinfra/helper/detect_os/aix.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 class Specinfra::Helper::DetectOs::Aix < Specinfra::Helper::DetectOs
   def detect
     if run_command('uname -s').stdout =~ /AIX/i
-      { :family => 'aix', :release => nil }
+      line = run_command('uname -rvp').stdout
+      if line =~ /(\d)\s+(\d)\s+(.*)/ then
+        { :family => 'aix', :release => "#{$2}.#{$1}", :arch => $3 }
+      end
     end
   end
 end
Modifying the AIX detect_os code to include the release and architecture