diff --git a/src/unix/linux-core.c b/src/unix/linux-core.c
index 8c9bbb75..413d0dd3 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux-core.c
+++ b/src/unix/linux-core.c
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ uint64_t uv_get_free_memory(void) {
   struct sysinfo info;
   uint64_t rc;
 
-  rc = uv__read_proc_meminfo("MemFree:");
+  rc = uv__read_proc_meminfo("MemAvailable:");
 
   if (rc != 0)
     return rc;