--- a/docs/virt-v2v-support.pod
+++ b/docs/virt-v2v-support.pod
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ And hence L<virsh(1)>, L<virt-manager(1)>, and similar tools.
 
 =item OpenSUSE 10 and up
 
+=item ALT Linux 9 and up
+
 =item Debian 6 and up
 
 =item Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, and up
diff --git a/v2v/convert_linux.ml b/v2v/convert_linux.ml
index a871d754..e1dba80c 100644
--- a/v2v/convert_linux.ml
+++ b/v2v/convert_linux.ml
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ let () =
                     | "rhel" | "centos" | "scientificlinux" | "redhat-based"
                     | "oraclelinux"
                     | "sles" | "suse-based" | "opensuse"
+                    | "altlinux"
                     | "debian" | "ubuntu" | "linuxmint" | "kalilinux") } -> true
     | _ -> false
   in
diff --git a/v2v/convert_linux.mli b/v2v/convert_linux.mli
index 22511b13..5823fe65 100644
--- a/v2v/convert_linux.mli
+++ b/v2v/convert_linux.mli
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 (** Convert a Linux guest to run on KVM.
 
     This module converts certain Enterprise Linux guests to run on
-    KVM.  RHEL, SuSE, Fedora, CentOS, OracleLinux, Debian, Ubuntu,
+    KVM.  RHEL, SuSE, Fedora, CentOS, OracleLinux, ALT, Debian, Ubuntu,
     Mint and Kali are supported by this module.
 
     No functions are exported.  When the module is linked to virt-v2v