diff --git a/internal/common/common.go b/internal/common/common.go
index d46aaeb..57e291b 100644
--- a/internal/common/common.go
+++ b/internal/common/common.go
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ func (i FakeInvoke) CommandWithContext(ctx context.Context, name string, arg ...
 
 var ErrNotImplementedError = errors.New("not implemented yet")
 
+// ReadFile reads contents from a file
+func ReadFile(filename string) (string, error) {
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return string(content), nil
+}
+
 // ReadLines reads contents from a file and splits them by new lines.
 // A convenience wrapper to ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1).
 func ReadLines(filename string) ([]string, error) {
diff --git a/internal/common/common_linux.go b/internal/common/common_linux.go
index 6d0ef37..0f66f1c 100644
--- a/internal/common/common_linux.go
+++ b/internal/common/common_linux.go
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if PathExists(filepath.Join(filename, "1", "environ")) {
+		contents, err := ReadFile(filepath.Join(filename, "1", "environ"))
+
+		if err == nil {
+			if strings.Contains(contents, "container=lxc") {
+				system = "lxc"
+				role = "guest"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if PathExists(filepath.Join(filename, "self", "cgroup")) {
 		contents, err := ReadLines(filepath.Join(filename, "self", "cgroup"))
 		if err == nil {