diff --git a/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/autodetect.go b/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/autodetect.go
index d620008a..dc281a0f 100644
--- a/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/autodetect.go
+++ b/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/autodetect.go
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func KubernetesPackagesImpl(out io.Writer) (KubernetesPackages, error) {
-	if ver, err := CentOSVersion(out); err == nil {
-		if ver == "7" {
+	ver, err := CentOSVersion(out)
+	if err != nil {
+		ver, err = RedHatVersion(out)
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		v, _ := semver.NewVersion(ver)
+		c, _ := semver.NewConstraint("7.x-0 || 8.x-0")
+		if c.Check(v) {
 			return NewYumInstaller(), nil
 		}
-		return nil, constants.ErrUnsupportedOS
 	}
 
 	if distro, err := LSBReleaseDistributorID(out); err == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/kernel.go b/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/kernel.go
index 56ecf3aa..39805da5 100644
--- a/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/kernel.go
+++ b/cmd/pke/app/util/linux/kernel.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func KernelVersionConstraint(out io.Writer, constraint string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// Red Hat Linux uses underscore: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
+	version = bytes.ReplaceAll(version, []byte("_"), []byte(""))
 	v := string(bytes.TrimSpace(version))
 	ver, err := semver.NewVersion(v)
 	if err != nil {