diff --git a/interface/wx/utils.h b/interface/wx/utils.h
index 373ea8e090..f5a3b424c2 100644
--- a/interface/wx/utils.h
+++ b/interface/wx/utils.h
@@ -851,9 +851,10 @@ wxString wxGetOsDescription();
     On systems where only the micro version can't be detected or doesn't make
     sense such as Windows, it will have a value of 0.
 
-    For Unix-like systems (@c wxOS_UNIX) the major and minor version integers will 
-    contain the kernel major and minor version numbers (as returned by the
-    'uname -r' command); e.g. "4" and "1" if the machine is using kernel 4.1.4.
+    For Unix-like systems (@c wxOS_UNIX) the major, minor, and micro version
+    integers will contain the kernel's major, minor, and micro version
+    numbers (as returned by the 'uname -r' command); e.g. "4", "1", and "4" if
+    the machine is using kernel 4.1.4.
 
     For OS X systems (@c wxOS_MAC) the major and minor version integers are the
     natural version numbers associated with the OS; e.g. "10", "11" and "2" if
diff --git a/src/unix/utilsunx.cpp b/src/unix/utilsunx.cpp
index fdde571959..88ae40c66a 100644
--- a/src/unix/utilsunx.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/utilsunx.cpp
@@ -1117,14 +1117,19 @@ wxLinuxDistributionInfo wxGetLinuxDistributionInfo()
 wxOperatingSystemId wxGetOsVersion(int *verMaj, int *verMin, int *verMicro)
 {
     // get OS version
-    int major, minor;
+    int major = -1, minor = -1, micro = -1;
     wxString release = wxGetCommandOutput(wxT("uname -r"));
-    if ( release.empty() ||
-         wxSscanf(release.c_str(), wxT("%d.%d"), &major, &minor) != 2 )
+    if ( !release.empty() )
     {
-        // failed to get version string or unrecognized format
-        major =
-        minor = -1;
+        if ( wxSscanf(release.c_str(), wxT("%d.%d.%d"), &major, &minor, &micro ) != 3 )
+        {
+            micro = 0;
+            if ( wxSscanf(release.c_str(), wxT("%d.%d"), &major, &minor ) != 2 )
+            {
+                // failed to get version string or unrecognized format
+                major = minor = micro = -1;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     if ( verMaj )
@@ -1132,7 +1137,7 @@ wxOperatingSystemId wxGetOsVersion(int *verMaj, int *verMin, int *verMicro)
     if ( verMin )
         *verMin = minor;
     if ( verMicro )
-        *verMicro = (major == -1) ? -1 : 0;
+        *verMicro = micro;
 
     // try to understand which OS are we running
     wxString kernel = wxGetCommandOutput(wxT("uname -s"));