diff --git a/factory/etc/issue b/factory/etc/issue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..101671f84d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/factory/etc/issue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+\S
+Kernel \r on an \m (\l)
+
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4 b/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
index df8d42101c..7ad908c9bf 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/etc.conf.m4
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ C /etc/nsswitch.conf - - - -
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_PAM',
 C /etc/pam.d - - - -
 )m4_dnl
+C /etc/issue - - - -