diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
index 3922abc0daef..5959affd8820 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ void kvp_get_os_info(void)
 
 	uname(&uts_buf);
 	os_build = uts_buf.release;
+	os_name = uts_buf.sysname;
 	processor_arch = uts_buf.machine;
 
 	/*
@@ -465,20 +466,70 @@ void kvp_get_os_info(void)
 	if (p)
 		*p = '\0';
 
+	/*
+	 * Parse the /etc/os-release file if present:
+	 * http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
+	 */
+	file = fopen("/etc/os-release", "r");
+	if (file != NULL) {
+		while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), file)) {
+			char *value, *q;
+
+			/* Ignore comments */
+			if (buf[0] == '#')
+				continue;
+
+			/* Split into name=value */
+			p = strchr(buf, '=');
+			if (!p)
+				continue;
+			*p++ = 0;
+
+			/* Remove quotes and newline; un-escape */
+			value = p;
+			q = p;
+			while (*p) {
+				if (*p == '\\') {
+					++p;
+					if (!*p)
+						break;
+					*q++ = *p++;
+				} else if (*p == '\'' || *p == '"' ||
+					   *p == '\n') {
+					++p;
+				} else {
+					*q++ = *p++;
+				}
+			}
+			*q = 0;
+
+			if (!strcmp(buf, "NAME")) {
+				p = strdup(value);
+				if (!p)
+					break;
+				os_name = p;
+			} else if (!strcmp(buf, "VERSION_ID")) {
+				p = strdup(value);
+				if (!p)
+					break;
+				os_major = p;
+			}
+		}
+		fclose(file);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Fallback for older RH/SUSE releases */
 	file = fopen("/etc/SuSE-release", "r");
 	if (file != NULL)
 		goto kvp_osinfo_found;
 	file  = fopen("/etc/redhat-release", "r");
 	if (file != NULL)
 		goto kvp_osinfo_found;
-	/*
-	 * Add code for other supported platforms.
-	 */
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't have information about the os.
 	 */
-	os_name = uts_buf.sysname;
 	return;
 
 kvp_osinfo_found: