@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ function GetDistro {

         DISTRO="rhel${os_RELEASE::1}"

     elif [[ "$os_VENDOR" =~ (XenServer) ]]; then

         DISTRO="xs$os_RELEASE"

+    elif [[ "$os_VENDOR" =~ (kvmibm) ]]; then

+        DISTRO="${os_VENDOR}${os_RELEASE::1}"

     else

         # Catch-all for now is Vendor + Release + Update

         DISTRO="$os_VENDOR-$os_RELEASE.$os_UPDATE"

@@ -444,7 +446,7 @@ function is_fedora {

     [ "$os_VENDOR" = "Fedora" ] || [ "$os_VENDOR" = "Red Hat" ] || \

         [ "$os_VENDOR" = "CentOS" ] || [ "$os_VENDOR" = "OracleLinux" ] || \

-        [ "$os_VENDOR" = "CloudLinux" ]

+        [ "$os_VENDOR" = "CloudLinux" ] || [ "$os_VENDOR" = "kvmibm" ]

 }

@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ function install_libvirt {

         fi

         #pip_install_gr <there-si-no-guestfs-in-pypi>

     elif is_fedora || is_suse; then

-        install_package kvm

+        # On "KVM for IBM z Systems", kvm does not have its own package

+        if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ "kvmibm1" ]]; then

+            install_package kvm

+        fi

         # there is a dependency issue with kvm (which is really just a

         # wrapper to qemu-system-x86) that leaves some bios files out,

         # so install qemu-kvm (which shouldn't strictly be needed, as

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ source $TOP_DIR/stackrc

 # Warn users who aren't on an explicitly supported distro, but allow them to

 # override check and attempt installation with ``FORCE=yes ./stack``

-if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (trusty|vivid|wily|7.0|wheezy|sid|testing|jessie|f22|f23|rhel7) ]]; then

+if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (trusty|vivid|wily|7.0|wheezy|sid|testing|jessie|f22|f23|rhel7|kvmibm1) ]]; then

     echo "WARNING: this script has not been tested on $DISTRO"

     if [[ "$FORCE" != "yes" ]]; then

         die $LINENO "If you wish to run this script anyway run with FORCE=yes"