diff --git a/scripts/aerospike-client-c.sh b/scripts/aerospike-client-c.sh
index 6dc745b3..e4838924 100755
--- a/scripts/aerospike-client-c.sh
+++ b/scripts/aerospike-client-c.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ detect_linux()
         return 0
         ;;
 
-      "ubuntu12" | "ubuntu13" | "ubuntu14" | "ubuntu15" | "linuxmint17" )
+      "ubuntu12" | "ubuntu13" | "ubuntu14" | "ubuntu15" | "ubuntu16" | "linuxmint17" )
         echo "ubuntu12"  "deb"
         return 0
         ;;