diff --git a/class/defaults.yml b/class/defaults.yml
index 823f484c..eaeff1bd 100644
--- a/class/defaults.yml
+++ b/class/defaults.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 parameters:
   argocd:
     namespace: syn
+    distribution: ${facts:distribution}
     monitoring:
       enabled: true
       dashboards: false
diff --git a/component/redis.jsonnet b/component/redis.jsonnet
index b850dbd3..d7872f95 100644
--- a/component/redis.jsonnet
+++ b/component/redis.jsonnet
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ local role_binding = std.parseJson(kap.yaml_load('argocd/manifests/' + params.gi
 local serviceaccount = std.parseJson(kap.yaml_load('argocd/manifests/' + params.git_tag + '/redis/argocd-redis-sa.yaml'));
 local service = std.parseJson(kap.yaml_load('argocd/manifests/' + params.git_tag + '/redis/argocd-redis-service.yaml'));
 
-local isOnOpenshift = std.startsWith(inv.parameters.facts.distribution, 'openshift');
+local isOnOpenshift = std.startsWith(params.distribution, 'openshift');
 
 local redisContainerSpec(image) =
   {
diff --git a/component/repo-server.jsonnet b/component/repo-server.jsonnet
index 9eaf4d4d..615117c3 100644
--- a/component/repo-server.jsonnet
+++ b/component/repo-server.jsonnet
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ local inv = kap.inventory();
 local params = inv.parameters.argocd;
 local image = params.images.argocd.image + ':' + params.images.argocd.tag;
 
-local isOpenshift = std.startsWith(inv.parameters.facts.distribution, 'openshift');
+local isOpenshift = std.startsWith(params.distribution, 'openshift');
 local deployment = std.parseJson(kap.yaml_load('argocd/manifests/' + params.git_tag + '/repo-server/argocd-repo-server-deployment.yaml'));
 local service = std.parseJson(kap.yaml_load('argocd/manifests/' + params.git_tag + '/repo-server/argocd-repo-server-service.yaml'));
 local vault_agent_config = kube.ConfigMap('vault-agent-config') {
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc
index 33a67fd9..beb74cfc 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/references/parameters.adoc
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ default:: `syn`
 
 The namespace in which to deploy this component.
 
+== `distribution`
+
+[horizontal]
+type:: string
+default:: ${facts:distribution}
+
+The Kubernetes distribution of the cluster.
+
 == `git_tag`
 
 [horizontal]