diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-vmdebootstrap b/src/freedombone-image-vmdebootstrap
index ab3d7f51..5a18b1db 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-vmdebootstrap
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-vmdebootstrap
@@ -38,6 +38,32 @@ else
     git clone git://git.liw.fi/vmdebootstrap vendor/vmdebootstrap
 fi
 
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/distro-info ]; then
+    sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/distro-info
+
+    cat <<EOF > /tmp/debian.csv
+version,codename,series,created,release,eol
+1.1,Buzz,buzz,1993-08-16,1996-06-17,1997-06-05
+1.2,Rex,rex,1996-06-17,1996-12-12,1998-06-05
+1.3,Bo,bo,1996-12-12,1997-06-05,1999-03-09
+2.0,Hamm,hamm,1997-06-05,1998-07-24,2000-03-09
+2.1,Slink,slink,1998-07-24,1999-03-09,2000-10-30
+2.2,Potato,potato,1999-03-09,2000-08-15,2003-07-30
+3.0,Woody,woody,2000-08-15,2002-07-19,2006-06-30
+3.1,Sarge,sarge,2002-07-19,2005-06-06,2008-03-30
+4.0,Etch,etch,2005-06-06,2007-04-08,2010-02-15
+5.0,Lenny,lenny,2007-04-08,2009-02-14,2012-02-06
+6.0,Squeeze,squeeze,2009-02-14,2011-02-06,2014-05-31
+7,Wheezy,wheezy,2011-02-06,2013-05-04
+8,Jessie,jessie,2013-05-04,2015-04-25
+9,Stretch,stretch,2015-04-25
+10,Buster,buster,2018-07-01
+,Sid,sid,1993-08-16
+,Experimental,experimental,1993-08-16
+EOF
+    sudo mv /tmp/debian.csv /usr/share/distro-info/
+fi
+
 cd vendor/vmdebootstrap
 git checkout tags/vmdebootstrap-0.8 -b tags/vmdebootstrap-0.8
 for f in ../../vendor-patches/vmdebootstrap/* ; do