diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 6a0db2b2..937d8460 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -6396,6 +6396,11 @@ cache_uname() {
                 ProductVersion)       osx_version=${sw_vers[i+1]} ;;
                 ProductBuildVersion)  osx_build=${sw_vers[i+1]}   ;;
             esac
+            # before iOS 2, iOS didn't internally distinguish between itself and macOS,
+            # so we manually set the OS type if the version is 1.x
+            case $osx_version in
+                1.*) darwin_name="iPhone OS" ;;
+            esac
         }
     fi
 }