diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-chrootenv/env.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-chrootenv/env.nix
index a2ac8288e8ec..9665c71d3dfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-chrootenv/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-chrootenv/env.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ let
       # symlink other core stuff
       ln -s /host-etc/localtime localtime
       ln -s /host-etc/machine-id machine-id
+      ln -s /host-etc/os-release os-release
 
       # symlink PAM stuff
       ln -s /host-etc/pam.d pam.d