diff --git a/productmd-add-support-generic-os.patch b/productmd-add-support-generic-os.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b1e6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/productmd-add-support-generic-os.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -uNrp a/productmd/treeinfo.py b/productmd/treeinfo.py
+--- a/productmd/treeinfo.py	2016-11-15 15:04:26.000000000 +0000
++++ b/productmd/treeinfo.py	2019-01-10 16:44:48.998592066 +0000
+@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ class Release(BaseProduct):
+         elif self.name.startswith("CentOS"):
+             self.name = "CentOS"
+             self.short = "CentOS"
++        elif self.name.startswith("generic_os"):
++            self.name = "generic_os"
++            self.short = "generic_os"
+         else:
+             self.short = None
+