diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/so/sosreport/os-release.patch b/pkgs/by-name/so/sosreport/os-release.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..212727c0772d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/so/sosreport/os-release.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/sos/policies/distros/__init__.py
++++ b/sos/policies/distros/__init__.py
+@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
+             return True
+         # next check os-release for a NAME or ID value we expect
++        if not os.path.exists(OS_RELEASE):
++            return False
+         with open(OS_RELEASE, "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+             return _check_release(f.read())
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/so/sosreport/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/so/sosreport/package.nix
index af8f7c768f2d..7dc13ab50d97 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/so/sosreport/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/so/sosreport/package.nix
@@ -7,18 +7,22 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sosreport";
-  version = "4.9.1";
+  version = "4.11.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "sosreport";
     repo = "sos";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-97S8b4PfjUN8uzvp01PGCLs4J3CbwpJsgBKtY8kI0HE=";
+    hash = "sha256-HKGGA9SHCJjAaCPduPx1plUJ10nt3JYAr10J/69Sm/0=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ python3Packages.setuptools ];
 
+  patches = [
+    ./os-release.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gettext
   ];
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     packaging
     pexpect
+    python-magic
     pyyaml
   ];
 
@@ -43,5 +48,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sosreport/sos";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }