diff --git a/libproc/lustre.c b/libproc/lustre.c
index 1bfe62c..697c64b 100644
--- a/libproc/lustre.c
+++ b/libproc/lustre.c
@@ -167,18 +167,33 @@ done:
 /*
  * Read the Lustre version from /proc and pack it into an int.
  * Returns the packed version or -1 on error.
+ *
+ * NOTE 2/1/18: for recent lustre releases lustre version is at /sys/fs/lustre/version
+ * and has simpler format (one line)
+ * # cat /sys/fs/lustre/version
+ * 2.10.2
+ *
+ * HACK:
+ *
+ * ret<0 is not processed in calling functions
+ * and in many cases lustre version is interpreted as 1.8.x
+ * ALWAYS return some recent version as default (2.10.0 at this time).
+ * the alternative would be to cleanly fail
  */
+
 static int
 _packed_lustre_version (pctx_t ctx)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     int major = 0, minor = 0, patch = 0, fix = 0;
 
-    if ((ret = proc_fs_lustre_version (ctx, &major, &minor, &patch, &fix)) < 0)
-        goto done;
 
-    ret = PACKED_VERSION(major, minor, patch, fix);
-done:
+    if ((ret = proc_fs_lustre_version (ctx, &major, &minor, &patch, &fix)) < 0) {
+        // goto done;
+        ret = PACKED_VERSION(2,10,0,0);
+    }else
+        ret = PACKED_VERSION(major, minor, patch, fix);
+//done:
     return ret;
 }