diff --git a/build_library/set_lsb_release b/build_library/set_lsb_release
index 790c6b6244..1d615afefc 100755
--- a/build_library/set_lsb_release
+++ b/build_library/set_lsb_release
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ fi
 #   update service.
 # DISTRIB_* are the standard names for the same values.
 sudo mkdir -p "${ROOT_FS_DIR}/etc"
-sudo_clobber "${ROOT_FS_DIR}/etc/lsb-release" <<EOF
+sudo_clobber "${ROOT_FS_DIR}/usr/share/coreos/lsb-release" <<EOF
 DISTRIB_ID=$COREOS_VERSION_NAME
 DISTRIB_RELEASE=$COREOS_VERSION_STRING
 DISTRIB_CODENAME="napping to fan noise / silence. the build successful / type git bisect good"
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ COREOS_AUSERVER=$COREOS_VERSION_AUSERVER
 COREOS_DEVSERVER=$COREOS_VERSION_DEVSERVER
 EOF
 
+sudo ln -sf "../usr/share/coreos/lsb-release" "${ROOT_FS_DIR}/etc/lsb-release"
+
 # For things like python which read gentoo-release
 sudo_clobber "${ROOT_FS_DIR}/etc/gentoo-release" <<EOF
 $COREOS_VERSION_NAME release $COREOS_VERSION_STRING