diff --git a/resources/win/atom.sh b/resources/win/atom.sh
index 42840a938..6f2a81cea 100755
--- a/resources/win/atom.sh
+++ b/resources/win/atom.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if command -v "cygpath" > /dev/null; then
   ATOMCMD=$(cygpath "$(dirname "$0")/atom.cmd" -a -w)
 else
   pushd "$(dirname "$0")" > /dev/null
-  if [[ $(uname -r) == *-Microsoft ]]; then
+  if [[ $(uname -r) =~ (M|m)icrosoft ]]; then
     # We are in Windows Subsystem for Linux, map /mnt/drive
     root="/mnt/"
     # If different root mount point defined in /etc/wsl.conf, use that instead