diff --git a/install_ant-media-server.sh b/install_ant-media-server.sh
index 7634fa9e..01426a66 100755
--- a/install_ant-media-server.sh
+++ b/install_ant-media-server.sh
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ distro () {
         exit 1
       fi
 
-      if [[ $VERSION_ID != 20.04 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 22.04 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 24.04 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 9* ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 12 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 11 ]]; then
+      if [[ $VERSION_ID != 20.04 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 22.04 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 24.04 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 8* ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 9* ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 12 ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID != 11 ]]; then
          echo $msg
          exit 1
             fi
@@ -333,6 +333,15 @@ elif [ "$ID" == "centos" ] || [ "$ID" == "rocky" ] || [ "$ID" == "almalinux" ] |
   $SUDO yum -y install unzip zip libva libvdpau
   $SUDO unzip -o $ANT_MEDIA_SERVER_ZIP_FILE "ant-media-server/ant-media-server.jar" -d /tmp/
   VERSION=$(unzip -p /tmp/ant-media-server/ant-media-server.jar | grep -a "Implementation-Version"|cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r')
+  OS_VERSION=$(echo $VERSION_ID | cut -d. -f1)
+
+  if [ "$OS_VERSION" == "8" ]; then
+     if [[ "$(printf '%s\n' "$VERSION" "2.12.0" | sort -V | head -n1)" == "2.12.0" ]]; then
+       echo -e "${RED}AMS version 2.12.0 and above (including version $VERSION) is not supported on $ID 8 distributions.${NC}"
+       exit 1
+     fi
+  fi
+
   if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$REQUIRED_VERSION" "$VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)" != "$REQUIRED_VERSION" ]; then
     check_version
     $SUDO yum -y install libcrystalhd