diff --git a/src/niceload b/src/niceload
index 064a596a..1ee67064 100755
--- a/src/niceload
+++ b/src/niceload
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ sub load_status_linux {
 	close IN;
     } elsif (open(IN,"uptime|")) {
 	my $upString = <IN>;
-	if($upString =~ m/average.\s*(\d+\.\d+)/) {
+	if($upString =~ m/averages?.\s*(\d+\.\d+)/) {
 	    $loadavg = $1;
 	} else {
 	    ::die_bug("uptime");
diff --git a/src/parallel b/src/parallel
index 3dd74702..bcb62c8e 100755
--- a/src/parallel
+++ b/src/parallel
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ sub loadavg {
         my $uptime_out = <$uptime_fh>;
         close $uptime_fh;
         # load average: 0.76, 1.53, 1.45
-        if($uptime_out =~ /load average: (\d+.\d+)/) {
+        if($uptime_out =~ /load averages?: (\d+.\d+)/) {
             $self->{'loadavg'} = $1;
             ::debug("New loadavg: ".$self->{'loadavg'});
         } else {