diff --git a/lib/facter/config.rb b/lib/facter/config.rb
index 4ae2dc5d79..057598e95a 100644
--- a/lib/facter/config.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/config.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module Config
                 Sled
               ]
             },
+            'Archlinux',
             'Gentoo',
             'Alpine',
             'Photon',
diff --git a/lib/facter/facts/archlinux/os/release.rb b/lib/facter/facts/archlinux/os/release.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0432cea5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/facter/facts/archlinux/os/release.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Facts
+  module Archlinux
+    module Os
+      class Release
+        FACT_NAME = 'os.release'
+
+        def call_the_resolver
+          # Arch Linux is rolling release and has no version numbers
+          # For historical reasons facter used the kernel version as OS version on Arch Linux
+          kernelrelease = Facter::Resolvers::Uname.resolve(:kernelrelease)
+          versions = kernelrelease.split('.')
+          hash = { full: kernelrelease, major: versions[0], minor: versions[1] }
+
+          Facter::ResolvedFact.new(FACT_NAME, hash)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/facter/framework/core/file_loader.rb b/lib/facter/framework/core/file_loader.rb
index 27aad88e15..451013c194 100644
--- a/lib/facter/framework/core/file_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/framework/core/file_loader.rb
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@
 
     require_relative '../../resolvers/amzn/os_release_rpm'
 
+  when 'archlinux'
+    require_relative '../../facts/archlinux/os/release'
+
   when 'bsd'
     require_relative '../../facts/bsd/kernelmajversion'
     require_relative '../../facts/bsd/kernelversion'
diff --git a/lib/facter/framework/detector/os_detector.rb b/lib/facter/framework/detector/os_detector.rb
index 4b0e9f5640..3b4198ab33 100644
--- a/lib/facter/framework/detector/os_detector.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/framework/detector/os_detector.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def detect_family
 
   def detect_based_on_release_file
     @identifier = :devuan if File.readable?('/etc/devuan_version')
+    @identifier = :archlinux if File.readable?('/etc/arch-release')
   end
 
   def detect_distro