diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c
index 6cd55672..6a710cdb 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-common.c
@@ -227,9 +227,13 @@ fu_uefi_get_esp_path_for_os (const gchar *base)
 	g_autofree gchar *esp_path = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(GError) error_local = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(GHashTable) os_release = fwupd_get_os_release (&error_local);
+	g_auto(GStrv) split = NULL;
 	/* try to lookup /etc/os-release ID key */
 	if (os_release != NULL) {
 		os_release_id = g_hash_table_lookup (os_release, "ID");
+		/* Overide os_release_id for SLE and openSUSE */
+		split = g_strsplit (g_hash_table_lookup (os_release, "NAME"), " ", 2);
+		os_release_id = g_ascii_strdown (split[0], -1);
 	} else {
 		g_debug ("failed to get ID: %s", error_local->message);
 	}