diff --git a/0001-detect-s390-virt.patch b/0001-detect-s390-virt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e6f139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-detect-s390-virt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+bnc#880438 - systemd-detect-virt doesn't work on System z
+
+--- systemd-210/src/shared/virt.c
++++ systemd-210/src/shared/virt.c	2014-06-17 08:03:30.152489353 +0000
+@@ -196,6 +196,29 @@
+         } else
+                 return r;
+ 
++#if defined(__s390x__)
++        /* First layer virtualization (PR/SM) is always present on s390x */
++        _id = "PR/SM";
++        r = 1;
++
++        /* Check for second layer virtualization */
++        _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
++        char line[LINE_MAX];
++        f = fopen("/proc/sysinfo", "re");
++        if (f) {
++                FOREACH_LINE(line, f, return -errno) {
++                        if (startswith(line, "VM00 Control Program:")) {
++                                if (strstr(line,"z/VM"))
++                                        _id = "z/VM";
++
++                                break;
++                        }
++                }
++        }
++
++        goto finish;
++#endif
++
+         /* this will set _id to "other" and return 0 for unknown hypervisors */
+         r = detect_vm_cpuid(&_id);
+         if (r != 0)
diff --git a/systemd-mini.changes b/systemd-mini.changes
index ddad678..b9be541 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.changes
+++ b/systemd-mini.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 18 13:35:58 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add patch 0001-detect-s390-virt.patch from Thomas Blume (bnc#880438)
+  to detect the virtualization layers on s390x as well 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 18 12:58:42 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/systemd-mini.spec b/systemd-mini.spec
index 13903dd..35293d8 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.spec
+++ b/systemd-mini.spec
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ Patch278:       0001-core-fix-invalid-free-in-killall.patch
 Patch279:       0002-udev-fix-invalid-free-in-enable_name_policy.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM added at 2014/06/17
 Patch280:       0003-install-fix-invalid-free-in-unit_file_mask.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE detect virtualization layers on S390 (bnc#880438)
+Patch281:       0001-detect-s390-virt.patch
 
 # UDEV PATCHES
 # ============
@@ -1083,6 +1085,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE7} m4/
 %patch278 -p0
 %patch279 -p0
 %patch280 -p0
+%patch281 -p1
 
 # udev patches
 %patch1001 -p1
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index ddad678..b9be541 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 18 13:35:58 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add patch 0001-detect-s390-virt.patch from Thomas Blume (bnc#880438)
+  to detect the virtualization layers on s390x as well 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 18 12:58:42 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index acd8e20..7d50e9c 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ Patch278:       0001-core-fix-invalid-free-in-killall.patch
 Patch279:       0002-udev-fix-invalid-free-in-enable_name_policy.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM added at 2014/06/17
 Patch280:       0003-install-fix-invalid-free-in-unit_file_mask.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE detect virtualization layers on S390 (bnc#880438)
+Patch281:       0001-detect-s390-virt.patch
 
 # UDEV PATCHES
 # ============
@@ -1078,6 +1080,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE7} m4/
 %patch278 -p0
 %patch279 -p0
 %patch280 -p0
+%patch281 -p1
 
 # udev patches
 %patch1001 -p1