diff --git a/src/test/test-os-util.c b/src/test/test-os-util.c
index eb5466259ad..5f82748783f 100644
--- a/src/test/test-os-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-os-util.c
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#include "fs-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "os-util.h"
+#include "string-util.h"
+#include "strv.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 
 TEST(path_is_os_tree) {
@@ -12,4 +15,63 @@ TEST(path_is_os_tree) {
         assert_se(path_is_os_tree("/idontexist") == -ENOENT);
 }
 
+TEST(parse_os_release) {
+        /* Let's assume that we're running in a valid system, so os-release is available */
+        _cleanup_free_ char *id = NULL, *id2 = NULL, *name = NULL, *foobar = NULL;
+        assert_se(parse_os_release(NULL, "ID", &id) == 1);
+        log_info("ID: %s", id);
+
+        assert_se(setenv("SYSTEMD_OS_RELEASE", "/dev/null", 1) == 0);
+        assert_se(parse_os_release(NULL, "ID", &id2) == 0);
+        log_info("ID: %s", strnull(id2));
+
+        _cleanup_(unlink_tempfilep) char tmpfile[] = "/tmp/test-os-util.XXXXXX";
+        assert_se(write_tmpfile(tmpfile,
+                                "ID=the-id  \n"
+                                "NAME=the-name") == 0);
+
+        assert_se(setenv("SYSTEMD_OS_RELEASE", tmpfile, 1) == 0);
+        assert_se(parse_os_release(NULL, "ID", &id, "NAME", &name) == 2);
+        log_info("ID: %s NAME: %s", id, name);
+        assert_se(streq(id, "the-id"));
+        assert_se(streq(name, "the-name"));
+
+        _cleanup_(unlink_tempfilep) char tmpfile2[] = "/tmp/test-os-util.XXXXXX";
+        assert_se(write_tmpfile(tmpfile2,
+                                "ID=\"ignored\"  \n"
+                                "ID=\"the-id\"  \n"
+                                "NAME='the-name'") == 0);
+
+        assert_se(setenv("SYSTEMD_OS_RELEASE", tmpfile2, 1) == 0);
+        // FIXME: we return 3, which means that the return value is useless in face of repeats
+        assert_se(parse_os_release(NULL, "ID", &id, "NAME", &name) == 3);
+        log_info("ID: %s NAME: %s", id, name);
+        assert_se(streq(id, "the-id"));
+        assert_se(streq(name, "the-name"));
+
+        assert_se(parse_os_release(NULL, "FOOBAR", &foobar) == 0);
+        log_info("FOOBAR: %s", strnull(foobar));
+        assert_se(foobar == NULL);
+
+        assert_se(unsetenv("SYSTEMD_OS_RELEASE") == 0);
+}
+
+TEST(load_os_release_pairs) {
+        _cleanup_(unlink_tempfilep) char tmpfile[] = "/tmp/test-os-util.XXXXXX";
+        assert_se(write_tmpfile(tmpfile,
+                                "ID=\"ignored\"  \n"
+                                "ID=\"the-id\"  \n"
+                                "NAME='the-name'") == 0);
+
+        assert_se(setenv("SYSTEMD_OS_RELEASE", tmpfile, 1) == 0);
+
+        _cleanup_strv_free_ char **pairs = NULL;
+        assert_se(load_os_release_pairs(NULL, &pairs) == 0);
+        assert_se(strv_equal(pairs, STRV_MAKE("ID", "ignored", // FIXME
+                                              "ID", "the-id",
+                                              "NAME", "the-name")));
+
+        assert_se(unsetenv("SYSTEMD_OS_RELEASE") == 0);
+}
+
 DEFINE_TEST_MAIN(LOG_DEBUG);