diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index 821653f958..58c5103283 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -597,7 +597,10 @@ class Facts(object):
         try:
             self.facts['python']['type'] = sys.subversion[0]
         except AttributeError:
-            self.facts['python']['type'] = None
+            try:
+                self.facts['python']['type'] = sys.implementation.name
+            except AttributeError:
+                self.facts['python']['type'] = None
 
 
 class Distribution(object):