diff --git a/os-prober-linux-distro-parse-os-release.patch b/os-prober-linux-distro-parse-os-release.patch
index 93dbd8b..5646631 100644
--- a/os-prober-linux-distro-parse-os-release.patch
+++ b/os-prober-linux-distro-parse-os-release.patch
@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@ Index: os-prober-1.70/os-probes/mounted/common/90linux-distro
 ===================================================================
 --- os-prober-1.70.orig/os-probes/mounted/common/90linux-distro
 +++ os-prober-1.70/os-probes/mounted/common/90linux-distro
-@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ elif [ -e "$dir/etc/lfs-release" ]; then
+@@ -117,6 +117,20 @@ elif [ -e "$dir/etc/lfs-release" ]; then
  elif [ -e "$dir/etc/meego-release" ]; then
  	short="MeeGo"
  	long="$(head -1 "$dir/etc/meego-release")"
++elif [ -L "$dir/etc/os-release" ]; then
++	RELPATH=$(readlink -f "$dir/etc/os-release")
++	if readlink "$dir/etc/os-release" | grep -q '^/'; then
++		RELPATH="$dir$RELPATH"
++	fi
++	if [ -f "$RELPATH" ]; then
++		short=$(sed -n "/^NAME=/{s@\"\(.*\)\"@\1@;t 1;s@'\(.*\)'@\1@;: 1;s@^[^=]\+=@@;p;b}" "$RELPATH")
++		long="$short $(sed -n "/^VERSION=/{s@\"\(.*\)\"@\1@;t 1;s@'\(.*\)'@\1@;: 1;s@^[^=]\+=@@;p;b}" "$RELPATH")"
++	else
++		exit 1
++	fi
 +elif [ -e "$dir/etc/os-release" ]; then
 +	short=$(sed -n "/^NAME=/{s@\"\(.*\)\"@\1@;t 1;s@'\(.*\)'@\1@;: 1;s@^[^=]\+=@@;p;b}" $dir/etc/os-release)
 +	long="$short $(sed -n "/^VERSION=/{s@\"\(.*\)\"@\1@;t 1;s@'\(.*\)'@\1@;: 1;s@^[^=]\+=@@;p;b}" $dir/etc/os-release)"
diff --git a/os-prober.changes b/os-prober.changes
index 743c93e..ac2b9d4 100644
--- a/os-prober.changes
+++ b/os-prober.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct  4 08:28:26 UTC 2016 - mchang@suse.com
+
+- Handle /etc/os-release symlink (bsc#997465)
+  * refresh os-prober-linux-distro-parse-os-release.patch
+
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 Wed Sep 14 04:46:42 UTC 2016 - mchang@suse.com