diff --git a/bindata/scripts/kargs.sh b/bindata/scripts/kargs.sh
index 8d118456e..119d570da 100755
--- a/bindata/scripts/kargs.sh
+++ b/bindata/scripts/kargs.sh
@@ -7,49 +7,53 @@ declare -a kargs=( "$@" )
 ret=0
 args=$(chroot /host/ cat /proc/cmdline)
 
-if chroot /host/ test -f /run/ostree-booted ; then
-    for t in "${kargs[@]}";do
-        if [[ $command == "add" ]];then
-          if [[ $args != *${t}* ]];then
-              if chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs | grep -vq ${t}; then
-                  chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs --append ${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
+IS_OS_UBUNTU=true; [[ "$(grep -i ubuntu /etc/os-release -c)" == "0" ]] && IS_OS_UBUNTU=false
+
+if ! ${IS_OS_UBUNTU} ; then
+    if chroot /host/ test -f /run/ostree-booted ; then
+        for t in "${kargs[@]}";do
+            if [[ $command == "add" ]];then
+              if [[ $args != *${t}* ]];then
+                  if chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs | grep -vq ${t}; then
+                      chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs --append ${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
+                  fi
+                  let ret++
               fi
-              let ret++
-          fi
-        fi
-        if [[ $command == "remove" ]];then
-          if [[ $args == *${t}* ]];then
-                if chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs | grep -q ${t}; then
-                    chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs --delete ${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
-                fi
-                let ret++
             fi
-        fi
-    done
-else
-    chroot /host/ which grubby > /dev/null 2>&1
-    # if grubby is not there, let's tell it
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        exit 127
-    fi
-    for t in "${kargs[@]}";do
-      if [[ $command == "add" ]];then
-        if [[ $args != *${t}* ]];then
-            if chroot /host/ grubby --info=DEFAULT | grep args | grep -vq ${t}; then
-                chroot /host/ grubby --update-kernel=DEFAULT --args=${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
+            if [[ $command == "remove" ]];then
+              if [[ $args == *${t}* ]];then
+                    if chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs | grep -q ${t}; then
+                        chroot /host/ rpm-ostree kargs --delete ${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
+                    fi
+                    let ret++
+                fi
             fi
-            let ret++
+        done
+    else
+        chroot /host/ which grubby > /dev/null 2>&1
+        # if grubby is not there, let's tell it
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            exit 127
         fi
-      fi
-      if [[ $command == "remove" ]];then
-          if [[ $args == *${t}* ]];then
-            if chroot /host/ grubby --info=DEFAULT | grep args | grep -q ${t}; then
-                chroot /host/ grubby --update-kernel=DEFAULT --remove-args=${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
+        for t in "${kargs[@]}";do
+          if [[ $command == "add" ]];then
+            if [[ $args != *${t}* ]];then
+                if chroot /host/ grubby --info=DEFAULT | grep args | grep -vq ${t}; then
+                    chroot /host/ grubby --update-kernel=DEFAULT --args=${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
+                fi
+                let ret++
             fi
-            let ret++
           fi
-      fi
-    done
+          if [[ $command == "remove" ]];then
+              if [[ $args == *${t}* ]];then
+                if chroot /host/ grubby --info=DEFAULT | grep args | grep -q ${t}; then
+                    chroot /host/ grubby --update-kernel=DEFAULT --remove-args=${t} > /dev/null 2>&1
+                fi
+                let ret++
+              fi
+          fi
+        done
+    fi
 fi
 
 echo $ret