diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend
index 8c61bbc..f6b7cc1 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bbappend
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
         d.setVar("BUILD_MEMO", memo)
 }
 
-OS_RELEASE_FIELDS:append = " BUILD_MEMO"
+IMAGE_TYPE = "${GBMC_CONFIG}"
+OS_RELEASE_FIELDS:append = " BUILD_MEMO IMAGE_TYPE"