diff --git a/salt/_modules/needs_restarting.py b/salt/_modules/needs_restarting.py
index c345def9d..6f9fa937c 100644
--- a/salt/_modules/needs_restarting.py
+++ b/salt/_modules/needs_restarting.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def check():
   osfam = __grains__['os_family']
   retval = 'False'
 
-  if osfam == 'Ubuntu':
+  if osfam == 'Debian':
     if path.exists('/var/run/reboot-required'):
       retval = 'True'