diff --git a/src/systeminformation.cpp b/src/systeminformation.cpp
--- a/src/systeminformation.cpp
+++ b/src/systeminformation.cpp
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <kcoreaddons_version.h>
 #include <KCoreAddons>
+#include <KOSRelease>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
 static const QString OS_UNSPECIFIED = QStringLiteral("unspecified");
 static const QString PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED = QStringLiteral("unspecified");
 
 SystemInformation::Config::Config()
     : lsbReleasePath(QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QLatin1String("lsb_release")))
-    , osReleasePath(QStringLiteral("/etc/os-release"))
+    , osReleasePath(/* Use KOSRelease default */)
 {
 }
 
@@ -247,31 +248,8 @@
 
 QString SystemInformation::fetchOSReleaseInformation() const
 {
-    QFile data(m_infoConfig.osReleasePath);
-    if (!data.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-        return QString();
-    }
-
-    QMap<QString,QString> distroInfos;
-
-    QTextStream in(&data);
-    while (!in.atEnd()) {
-        const QString line = in.readLine();
-
-        // its format is one simple NAME=VALUE per line
-        // don't use QString.split() here since its value might contain '=''
-        const int index = line.indexOf(QLatin1Char('='));
-        if ( index != -1 ) {
-            const QString key = line.left(index);
-            const QString value = line.mid(index+1);
-            distroInfos.insert(key, value);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // the PRETTY_NAME entry should be the most appropriate one,
-    // but I could be wrong.
-    const QString prettyName = distroInfos.value(QStringLiteral("PRETTY_NAME"), QStringLiteral("Linux"));
-    return prettyName;
+    KOSRelease os(m_infoConfig.osReleasePath);
+    return os.prettyName();
 }
 
 QString SystemInformation::operatingSystem() const
diff --git a/src/tests/data/os-release b/src/tests/data/os-release
--- a/src/tests/data/os-release
+++ b/src/tests/data/os-release
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ID_LIKE="otherid otherotherid"
 VERSION_CODENAME=versioncodename
 VERSION_ID="500.1"
-PRETTY_NAME="Pretty Name #1"
+PRETTY_NAME="FreeBSD #1"
 ANSI_COLOR="1;34"
 CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:foo:bar:100"
 HOME_URL="https://url.home"
diff --git a/src/tests/systeminformationtest.cpp b/src/tests/systeminformationtest.cpp
--- a/src/tests/systeminformationtest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/systeminformationtest.cpp
@@ -80,11 +80,9 @@
         SystemInformation info(config);
         QTRY_VERIFY(info.complete());
 
-        QEXPECT_FAIL("", "os release parser is garbage", Continue);
         QCOMPARE(info.bugzillaPlatform(), "FreeBSD Ports");
         QCOMPARE(info.operatingSystem(), "FreeBSD 1.0.0 x86_64");
-        QEXPECT_FAIL("", "os release parser is garbage", Continue);
-        QCOMPARE(info.lsbRelease(), "KDE SUSE User Edition 5.16");
+        QCOMPARE(info.lsbRelease(), ""); // FIXME: should also be set, its used in the submitted report
         QCOMPARE(info.compiledSources(), false);
         QCOMPARE(info.qtVersion(), "5.12.3");
         QCOMPARE(info.frameworksVersion(), "5.59.0");