Index: gem2rpm-0.8.1/bin/gem2rpm
===================================================================
--- gem2rpm-0.8.1.orig/bin/gem2rpm
+++ gem2rpm-0.8.1/bin/gem2rpm
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ rest = opts.permute(ARGV)
 
 template = nil
 if template_file.nil?
+  f = open("/etc/os-release", "r") if File.exists?("/etc/os-release")
+  if f 
+    f.read.split('\n').each do |line|
+      line.match(%r{^ID=(.*)$}) { |m| template_file=m[1] }
+    end
+    f.close
+    f = nil
+  end
+end
+if template_file.nil?
   template = Gem2Rpm::TEMPLATE
 else
   begin
Index: gem2rpm-0.8.1/lib/gem2rpm/distro.rb
===================================================================
--- gem2rpm-0.8.1.orig/lib/gem2rpm/distro.rb
+++ gem2rpm-0.8.1/lib/gem2rpm/distro.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Gem2Rpm
         else # no version or more versions (=> don't know what to do)
           FEDORA
         end
-      elsif !release_files.grep(/SuSe/).empty?
+      elsif !release_files.grep(/SuSE/).empty?
         OPENSUSE
       else
         DEFAULT