diff --git a/test/TEST-50-DISSECT/test.sh b/test/TEST-50-DISSECT/test.sh
index 831c0db31c..f274b73522 100755
--- a/test/TEST-50-DISSECT/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-50-DISSECT/test.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test_create_image() {
         mkdir -p $initdir
         setup_basic_dirs
         install_basic_tools
-        inst /usr/lib/os-release
+        cp $os_release $initdir/usr/lib/os-release
         ln -s ../usr/lib/os-release $initdir/etc/os-release
         echo MARKER=1 >> $initdir/usr/lib/os-release
         mksquashfs $initdir $oldinitdir/usr/share/minimal.raw
diff --git a/test/create-busybox-container b/test/create-busybox-container
index 3ff14b5fd3..5ded42950a 100755
--- a/test/create-busybox-container
+++ b/test/create-busybox-container
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ mkdir -p "$root"
 mkdir "$root/bin"
 cp $(type -P busybox) "$root/bin"
 
-ID_LIKE=$(awk -F= '$1=="ID_LIKE" { print $2 ;}' /etc/os-release)
+os_release=$(test -e /etc/os-release && echo /etc/os-release || echo /usr/lib/os-release)
+ID_LIKE=$(awk -F= '$1=="ID_LIKE" { print $2 ;}' $os_release)
 if [[ "$ID_LIKE" = *"suse"* ]]; then
     mkdir -p "$root/lib"
     mkdir -p "$root/lib64"
diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 863cc18aef..68d780b983 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 export PATH
 
-LOOKS_LIKE_DEBIAN=$(source /etc/os-release && [[ "$ID" = "debian" || " $ID_LIKE " = *" debian "* ]] && echo yes || :)
-LOOKS_LIKE_ARCH=$(source /etc/os-release && [[ "$ID" = "arch" || " $ID_LIKE " = *" arch "* ]] && echo yes || :)
-LOOKS_LIKE_SUSE=$(source /etc/os-release && [[ " $ID_LIKE " = *" suse "* ]] && echo yes || :)
+os_release=$(test -e /etc/os-release && echo /etc/os-release || echo /usr/lib/os-release)
+LOOKS_LIKE_DEBIAN=$(source $os_release && [[ "$ID" = "debian" || " $ID_LIKE " = *" debian "* ]] && echo yes || :)
+LOOKS_LIKE_ARCH=$(source $os_release && [[ "$ID" = "arch" || " $ID_LIKE " = *" arch "* ]] && echo yes || :)
+LOOKS_LIKE_SUSE=$(source $os_release && [[ " $ID_LIKE " = *" suse "* ]] && echo yes || :)
 KERNEL_VER=${KERNEL_VER-$(uname -r)}
 KERNEL_MODS="/lib/modules/$KERNEL_VER/"
 QEMU_TIMEOUT="${QEMU_TIMEOUT:-infinity}"
@@ -940,7 +941,7 @@ install_config_files() {
     inst /etc/shells
     inst_any /etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf
     inst /etc/pam.conf || :
-    inst /etc/os-release
+    inst_any /etc/os-release /usr/lib/os-release
     inst /etc/localtime
     # we want an empty environment
     > $initdir/etc/environment
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-50.sh b/test/units/testsuite-50.sh
index 376d4c9e23..d6e1a3557a 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-50.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-50.sh
@@ -28,22 +28,24 @@ cp /usr/share/minimal.* "${image_dir}/"
 image="${image_dir}/minimal"
 roothash="$(cat ${image}.roothash)"
 
+os_release=$(test -e /etc/os-release && echo /etc/os-release || echo /usr/lib/os-release)
+
 systemd-dissect --json=short ${image}.raw | grep -q -F '{"rw":"ro","designator":"root","partition_uuid":null,"fstype":"squashfs","architecture":null,"verity":"external"'
 systemd-dissect ${image}.raw | grep -q -F "MARKER=1"
-systemd-dissect ${image}.raw | grep -q -F -f /usr/lib/os-release
+systemd-dissect ${image}.raw | grep -q -F -f $os_release
 
 mv ${image}.verity ${image}.fooverity
 mv ${image}.roothash ${image}.foohash
 systemd-dissect --json=short ${image}.raw --root-hash=${roothash} --verity-data=${image}.fooverity | grep -q -F '{"rw":"ro","designator":"root","partition_uuid":null,"fstype":"squashfs","architecture":null,"verity":"external"'
 systemd-dissect ${image}.raw --root-hash=${roothash} --verity-data=${image}.fooverity | grep -q -F "MARKER=1"
-systemd-dissect ${image}.raw --root-hash=${roothash} --verity-data=${image}.fooverity | grep -q -F -f /usr/lib/os-release
+systemd-dissect ${image}.raw --root-hash=${roothash} --verity-data=${image}.fooverity | grep -q -F -f $os_release
 mv ${image}.fooverity ${image}.verity
 mv ${image}.foohash ${image}.roothash
 
 mkdir -p ${image_dir}/mount ${image_dir}/mount2
 systemd-dissect --mount ${image}.raw ${image_dir}/mount
-cat ${image_dir}/mount/usr/lib/os-release | grep -q -F -f /usr/lib/os-release
-cat ${image_dir}/mount/etc/os-release | grep -q -F -f /usr/lib/os-release
+cat ${image_dir}/mount/usr/lib/os-release | grep -q -F -f $os_release
+cat ${image_dir}/mount/etc/os-release | grep -q -F -f $os_release
 cat ${image_dir}/mount/usr/lib/os-release | grep -q -F "MARKER=1"
 # Verity volume should be shared (opened only once)
 systemd-dissect --mount ${image}.raw ${image_dir}/mount2
@@ -118,11 +120,11 @@ VERITY_UUID=$(systemd-id128 -u show $(tail -c 32 ${image}.roothash) -u | tail -n
 systemd-dissect --json=short --root-hash ${roothash} ${image}.gpt | grep -q '{"rw":"ro","designator":"root","partition_uuid":"'$ROOT_UUID'","fstype":"squashfs","architecture":"x86-64","verity":"yes","node":'
 systemd-dissect --json=short --root-hash ${roothash} ${image}.gpt | grep -q '{"rw":"ro","designator":"root-verity","partition_uuid":"'$VERITY_UUID'","fstype":"DM_verity_hash","architecture":"x86-64","verity":null,"node":'
 systemd-dissect --root-hash ${roothash} ${image}.gpt | grep -q -F "MARKER=1"
-systemd-dissect --root-hash ${roothash} ${image}.gpt | grep -q -F -f /usr/lib/os-release
+systemd-dissect --root-hash ${roothash} ${image}.gpt | grep -q -F -f $os_release
 
 systemd-dissect --root-hash ${roothash} --mount ${image}.gpt ${image_dir}/mount
-cat ${image_dir}/mount/usr/lib/os-release | grep -q -F -f /usr/lib/os-release
-cat ${image_dir}/mount/etc/os-release | grep -q -F -f /usr/lib/os-release
+cat ${image_dir}/mount/usr/lib/os-release | grep -q -F -f $os_release
+cat ${image_dir}/mount/etc/os-release | grep -q -F -f $os_release
 cat ${image_dir}/mount/usr/lib/os-release | grep -q -F "MARKER=1"
 umount ${image_dir}/mount