2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fc0d4d7..ac03ca6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.5.x:
+   Fixed #2032 - file.open hanging on /proc/uptime on some platform 
+
 1.5.4:
     Fixed #1966 - Added physicalprocessorcount fact
 
diff --git a/lib/facter/util/uptime.rb b/lib/facter/util/uptime.rb
index 1be3b98..ebba275 100644
--- a/lib/facter/util/uptime.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/util/uptime.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ module Facter::Util::Uptime
     end
 
     def self.get_uptime
-        uptime, idletime = File.open("/proc/uptime").gets.split(" ")
+        r = IO.popen("/bin/cat /proc/uptime")
+        uptime, idletime = r.readline.split(" ")        
         uptime_seconds = uptime.to_i
     end