diff --git a/supermin.changes b/supermin.changes
index f0fa8e7..7c35473 100644
--- a/supermin.changes
+++ b/supermin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 31 14:09:58 UTC 2017 - cbosdonnat@suse.com
+
+- Distro detection: also use ID_LIKE to catch suse distros
+  add patch: suse_release.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 13 14:17:07 UTC 2017 - cbosdonnat@suse.com
 
diff --git a/supermin.spec b/supermin.spec
index f7b3a12..02f170c 100644
--- a/supermin.spec
+++ b/supermin.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Requires:       xmlstarlet
 Requires:       zypper
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source0:        supermin-%{version}.tar.xz
+# Pending upstream review
+Patch0:         suse_release.patch
 %if "%{?_ignore_exclusive_arch}" == ""
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64 ppc64 ppc64le s390x aarch64
 %endif
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ you need to boot one of them.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 export ZYPPER=zypper
diff --git a/suse_release.patch b/suse_release.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07c6c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suse_release.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+Index: supermin-5.1.18/src/os_release.ml
+===================================================================
+--- supermin-5.1.18.orig/src/os_release.ml
++++ supermin-5.1.18/src/os_release.ml
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ let split sep str =
+ 
+ type os_release = {
+   id : string;
++  id_like : string list;
+ }
+ 
+ let data = ref None
+@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ and parse () =
+     let lines = List.filter (fun s -> s.[0] <> '#') lines in
+ 
+     let id = ref "" in
++    let id_like = ref [] in
+ 
+     List.iter (
+       fun line ->
+@@ -65,10 +67,11 @@ and parse () =
+           else value in
+         match field with
+         | "ID" -> id := value
++        | "ID_LIKE" -> id_like := string_split " " value
+         | _ -> ()
+     ) lines;
+ 
+-    Some { id = !id; }
++    Some { id = !id; id_like = !id_like }
+   ) else
+     None
+ 
+@@ -76,3 +79,8 @@ let get_id () =
+   match get_data () with
+   | None -> ""
+   | Some d -> d.id
++
++let get_id_like () =
++  match get_data () with
++  | None -> []
++  | Some d -> d.id_like
+Index: supermin-5.1.18/src/os_release.mli
+===================================================================
+--- supermin-5.1.18.orig/src/os_release.mli
++++ supermin-5.1.18/src/os_release.mli
+@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ val get_id : unit -> string
+ 
+     An empty string is returned if the file does not exist or cannot
+     be read. *)
++
++val get_id_like : unit -> string list
++(** Get the value of the "ID_LIKE" field from the /etc/os-release file
++    on the current system.
++
++    An empty list is returned if the file does not exist, cannot
++    be read or the ID_LIKE field is not defined. *)
+Index: supermin-5.1.18/src/ph_rpm.ml
+===================================================================
+--- supermin-5.1.18.orig/src/ph_rpm.ml
++++ supermin-5.1.18/src/ph_rpm.ml
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ let opensuse_detect () =
+   Config.rpm <> "no" && Config.rpm2cpio <> "no" && rpm_is_available () &&
+     Config.zypper <> "no" &&
+     (List.mem (Os_release.get_id ()) [ "opensuse"; "sled"; "sles" ] ||
++     List.mem "suse" (Os_release.get_id_like ()) ||
+      try (stat "/etc/SuSE-release").st_kind = S_REG with Unix_error _ -> false)
+ 
+ let mageia_detect () =