diff --git a/lib/gs-app.c b/lib/gs-app.c
index fa266cdc1..66a5acad7 100644
--- a/lib/gs-app.c
+++ b/lib/gs-app.c
@@ -6319,8 +6319,11 @@ gs_app_dup_origin_ui (GsApp *app,
 	if (gs_app_has_quirk (app, GS_APP_QUIRK_PROVENANCE) &&
 	    gs_app_get_kind (app) != AS_COMPONENT_KIND_REPOSITORY) {
 		os_release = gs_os_release_new (NULL);
-		if (os_release != NULL)
-			origin_str = gs_os_release_get_name (os_release);
+		if (os_release != NULL) {
+			origin_str = gs_os_release_get_vendor_name (os_release);
+			if (origin_str == NULL)
+				origin_str = gs_os_release_get_name (os_release);
+		}
 	}
 
 	priv = gs_app_get_instance_private (app);
diff --git a/lib/gs-os-release.c b/lib/gs-os-release.c
index 85ea24e2e..380c9c84e 100644
--- a/lib/gs-os-release.c
+++ b/lib/gs-os-release.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct _GsOsRelease
 	gchar			*distro_codename;
 	gchar			*home_url;
 	gchar			*logo;
+	gchar			*vendor_name;
 };
 
 static void gs_os_release_initable_iface_init (GInitableIface *iface);
@@ -44,6 +45,18 @@ static void gs_os_release_initable_iface_init (GInitableIface *iface);
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GsOsRelease, gs_os_release, G_TYPE_OBJECT,
 			 G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE(G_TYPE_INITABLE, gs_os_release_initable_iface_init))
 
+static void
+gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (gchar **inout_string,
+				   const gchar *value)
+{
+	if (*inout_string == value)
+		return;
+
+	g_clear_pointer (inout_string, g_free);
+	if (value != NULL && *value != '\0')
+		*inout_string = g_strdup (value);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 gs_os_release_initable_init (GInitable *initable,
 			     GCancellable *cancellable,
@@ -89,43 +102,49 @@ gs_os_release_initable_init (GInitable *initable,
 
 		/* match fields we're interested in */
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "NAME") == 0) {
-			os_release->name = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->name, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "VERSION") == 0) {
-			os_release->version = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->version, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "ID") == 0) {
-			os_release->id = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->id, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "ID_LIKE") == 0) {
+			if (os_release->id_like != NULL)
+				g_strfreev (os_release->id_like);
 			os_release->id_like = g_strsplit (tmp, " ", 0);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "VERSION_ID") == 0) {
-			os_release->version_id = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->version_id, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "PRETTY_NAME") == 0) {
-			os_release->pretty_name = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->pretty_name, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "CPE_NAME") == 0) {
-			os_release->cpe_name = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->cpe_name, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "UBUNTU_CODENAME") == 0) {
-			os_release->distro_codename = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->distro_codename, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "HOME_URL") == 0) {
-			os_release->home_url = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->home_url, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "LOGO") == 0) {
-			os_release->logo = g_strdup (tmp);
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->logo, tmp);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "VENDOR_NAME") == 0) {
+			gs_os_release_set_string_nonempty (&os_release->vendor_name, tmp);
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
@@ -304,6 +323,23 @@ gs_os_release_get_logo (GsOsRelease *os_release)
 	return os_release->logo;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gs_os_release_get_vendor_name:
+ * @os_release: A #GsOsRelease
+ *
+ * Gets the vendor name from the os-release parser.
+ *
+ * Returns: (nullable): a string, or %NULL
+ *
+ * Since: 46.3
+ **/
+const gchar *
+gs_os_release_get_vendor_name (GsOsRelease *os_release)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (GS_IS_OS_RELEASE (os_release), NULL);
+	return os_release->vendor_name;
+}
+
 static void
 gs_os_release_finalize (GObject *object)
 {
@@ -318,6 +354,7 @@ gs_os_release_finalize (GObject *object)
 	g_free (os_release->distro_codename);
 	g_free (os_release->home_url);
 	g_free (os_release->logo);
+	g_free (os_release->vendor_name);
 
 	G_OBJECT_CLASS (gs_os_release_parent_class)->finalize (object);
 }
diff --git a/lib/gs-os-release.h b/lib/gs-os-release.h
index e219e5c96..6d52ecdd2 100644
--- a/lib/gs-os-release.h
+++ b/lib/gs-os-release.h
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ const gchar		*gs_os_release_get_cpe_name		(GsOsRelease	*os_release);
 const gchar		*gs_os_release_get_distro_codename	(GsOsRelease	*os_release);
 const gchar		*gs_os_release_get_home_url		(GsOsRelease	*os_release);
 const gchar		*gs_os_release_get_logo			(GsOsRelease	*os_release);
+const gchar		*gs_os_release_get_vendor_name		(GsOsRelease	*os_release);
 
 G_END_DECLS