diff --git a/lib/spack/external/distro.py b/lib/spack/external/distro.py
index b63451640a483e0545fd145f320973dc3ace6d72..e3805de75f92f6d703b1e82a795a38e6041f4833 100644
--- a/lib/spack/external/distro.py
+++ b/lib/spack/external/distro.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     'enterpriseenterprise': 'oracle',  # Oracle Enterprise Linux
     'redhatenterpriseworkstation': 'rhel',  # RHEL 6, 7 Workstation
     'redhatenterpriseserver': 'rhel',  # RHEL 6, 7 Server
+    'redhatenterprisecomputenode': 'rhel',  # RHEL 6 ComputeNode
 }
 
 #: Translation table for normalizing the distro ID derived from the file name