diff --git a/ucore/install-ucore-minimal.sh b/ucore/install-ucore-minimal.sh
index 1205e2e..75fb229 100755
--- a/ucore/install-ucore-minimal.sh
+++ b/ucore/install-ucore-minimal.sh
@@ -87,3 +87,5 @@ export IMAGE_NAME=ucore-minimal
 
 # tweak os-release
 sed -i '/^PRETTY_NAME/s/"$/ (uCore minimal)"/' /usr/lib/os-release
+sed -i 's|^VARIANT_ID=.*|VARIANT_ID=ucore|' /usr/lib/os-release
+sed -i 's|^VARIANT=.*|VARIANT="uCore"|' /usr/lib/os-release