diff --git a/lib/resources/os.rb b/lib/resources/os.rb
index 039a93e29..a83ec7bda 100644
--- a/lib/resources/os.rb
+++ b/lib/resources/os.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ module Vulcano::Resources
   class OS < Vulcano.resource(1)
     name 'os'
 
+    # reuse helper methods from backend
+    %w{redhat? debian? suse? bsd? solaris? linux? unix? windows?}.each do |os_family|
+      define_method((os_family).to_sym) do
+        vulcano.backend.os.send(os_family)
+      end
+    end
+
     def [](name)
       vulcano.backend.os[name]
     end