diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 15e67613d..cea9926ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Revision history for Rex
  [API CHANGES]
 
  [BUG FIXES]
+ - Recognize Rocky, AlmaLinux, CentOS Stream, and Oracle Linux lsb_release IDs in is_redhat (#1661)
+ - Compare is_redhat OS names exactly instead of as an unanchored regex (#1661)
 
  [DOCUMENTATION]
 
diff --git a/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm b/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm
index cdff9bc1f..42308f443 100644
--- a/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm
+++ b/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm
@@ -258,17 +258,22 @@ sub is_freebsd {
 sub is_redhat {
   my $os = @_ ? shift : get_operating_system();
 
-  my @redhat_clones = (
-    "Fedora",                      "Redhat",
-    "CentOS",                      "Scientific",
-    "RedHatEnterpriseServer",      "RedHatEnterpriseES",
-    "RedHatEnterpriseWorkstation", "RedHatEnterpriseWS",
-    "Amazon",                      "ROSAEnterpriseServer",
-    "CloudLinuxServer",            "XenServer",
-    "OracleServer",                "Virtuozzo",
+  # lsb_release IDs for current RHEL rebuilds (#1661).
+  # Match exactly so a substring like Red does not hit Redhat.
+  my @redhat_clones = qw(
+    Fedora                      Redhat
+    CentOS                      Scientific
+    RedHatEnterpriseServer      RedHatEnterpriseES
+    RedHatEnterpriseWorkstation RedHatEnterpriseWS
+    RedHatEnterprise            Amazon
+    ROSAEnterpriseServer        CloudLinuxServer
+    XenServer                   OracleServer
+    OracleLinux                 Virtuozzo
+    Rocky                       RockyLinux
+    AlmaLinux                   CentOSStream
   );
 
-  if ( grep { /$os/i } @redhat_clones ) {
+  if ( grep { lc eq lc $os } @redhat_clones ) {
     return 1;
   }
 }
diff --git a/t/is_redhat.t b/t/is_redhat.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68b4bfe07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/is_redhat.t
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use v5.14.4;
+use warnings;
+
+our $VERSION = '9999.99.99_99'; # VERSION
+
+use Test::More;
+use lib 'lib';
+
+local $INC{'Net/OpenSSH/ShellQuoter.pm'} = 1;
+require Rex::Commands::Gather;
+
+my @should = qw(
+  Fedora Redhat CentOS Rocky rocky RockyLinux AlmaLinux CentOSStream
+  OracleLinux RedHatEnterprise RedHatEnterpriseServer
+);
+for my $os (@should) {
+  ok( Rex::Commands::Gather::is_redhat($os), "is_redhat($os)" );
+}
+
+ok(
+  !Rex::Commands::Gather::is_redhat('Red'),
+  'is_redhat(Red) must not match via substring'
+);
+ok( !Rex::Commands::Gather::is_redhat('Debian'), 'is_redhat(Debian) is false' );
+
+done_testing();