diff --git a/src/go.mod b/src/go.mod
index f460328..ca0a8f9 100644
--- a/src/go.mod
+++ b/src/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/HarryMichal/go-version v1.0.0
+	github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.0.0-20181218015638-a93a0a55a249
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.3
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.6
diff --git a/src/go.sum b/src/go.sum
index 9ec138d..9698a11 100644
--- a/src/go.sum
+++ b/src/go.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/HarryMichal/go-version v1.0.0 h1:fXYa5vT46C3pULfSIgnfeNfSxJ9bCGZ2ERn/wKPlD6c=
 github.com/HarryMichal/go-version v1.0.0/go.mod h1:w3uLQ2NlFmZ01qBywppIbDplbPEjeBW8xywlluMcMsc=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
+github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.0.0-20181218015638-a93a0a55a249 h1:fMi9ZZ/it4orHj3xWrM6cLkVFcCbkXQALFUiNtHtCPs=
+github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.0.0-20181218015638-a93a0a55a249/go.mod h1:iU1PxQMQwoHZZWmMKrMkrNlY+3+p9vxIjpZOVyxWa0g=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
diff --git a/src/pkg/utils/utils.go b/src/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 57ab574..4883147 100644
--- a/src/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/src/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/acobaugh/osrelease"
 	"github.com/containers/toolbox/pkg/shell"
 	"github.com/godbus/dbus/v5"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -184,6 +185,45 @@ func GetGroupForSudo() (string, error) {
 	return "", errors.New("group for sudo not found")
 }
 
+// GetHostID returns the ID from the os-release files
+//
+// Examples:
+// - host is Fedora, returned string is 'fedora'
+func GetHostID() (string, error) {
+	osRelease, err := osrelease.Read()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return osRelease["ID"], nil
+}
+
+// GetHostVariantID returns the VARIANT_ID from the os-release files
+//
+// Examples:
+// - host is Fedora Workstation, returned string is 'workstation'
+func GetHostVariantID() (string, error) {
+	osRelease, err := osrelease.Read()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return osRelease["VARIANT_ID"], nil
+}
+
+// GetHostVersionID returns the VERSION_ID from the os-release files
+//
+// Examples:
+// - host is Fedora 32, returned string is '32'
+func GetHostVersionID() (string, error) {
+	osRelease, err := osrelease.Read()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return osRelease["VERSION_ID"], nil
+}
+
 // GetMountPoint returns the mount point of a target.
 func GetMountPoint(target string) (string, error) {
 	var stdout strings.Builder