diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/chrootenv.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/chrootenv.nix
index 9e6bfc7bab86..9f0ac916751d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/chrootenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/steam/chrootenv.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ let
   commonTargetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs;
     [
       steamPackages.steam-fonts
+      # Needed for operating system detection until
+      # https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5909 is resolved
+      lsb-release
       # Errors in output without those
       pciutils
       python2