diff --git a/buildScripts/versionEnvs b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
index 53a58ac..5e92830 100755
--- a/buildScripts/versionEnvs
+++ b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
@@ -42,16 +42,22 @@ if [ -z "$PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-if test -r /etc/lsb-release ; then
-  cat /etc/lsb-release
-  # source /etc/lsb-release
-  . /etc/lsb-release
-  export BUILD_DIST=$DISTRIB_CODENAME
-  export BUILD_OS=$DISTRIB_ID
-elif test -r /etc/alpine-release ; then
-  cat /etc/alpine-release
-  export BUILD_OS=alpine
-  export BUILD_DIST=$(cat /etc/alpine-release)
+# Following @ViliusSutkus89's suggestion in
+#   PR https://github.com/pdf2htmlEX/pdf2htmlEX/pull/77
+# We have replaced the use of lsb-release/alpine-release
+# with the freedesktop.org's os-release based system to
+# obtain the distribution release information....
+#
+# See: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
+#
+if test -r /etc/os-release ; then
+  cat /etc/os-release
+  export BUILD_OS=$(grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
+  export BUILD_DIST=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
+elif test -r /usr/lib/os-release ; then
+  cat /usr/lib/os-release
+  export BUILD_OS=$(grep '^ID=' /usr/lib/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
+  export BUILD_DIST=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' /usr/lib/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
 else
   echo "FAILURE: could not determine release"
   exit -1