diff --git a/appliance/hostfiles.in b/appliance/hostfiles.in
index 247f0d55a..58b62e9ff 100644
--- a/appliance/hostfiles.in
+++ b/appliance/hostfiles.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ dnl   FRUGALWARE=1   For Frugalware.
 dnl   MAGEIA=1       For Mageia.
 dnl   OPENMANDRIVA=1 For OpenMandriva.
 dnl   OPENCLOUDOS=1  For OpenCloudOS.
+dnl   TENCENTOS=1    For TencentOS.
 
 /etc/ld.so.cache
 /lib/lsb/*
diff --git a/appliance/packagelist.in b/appliance/packagelist.in
index 854d254c6..d0637631d 100644
--- a/appliance/packagelist.in
+++ b/appliance/packagelist.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dnl   SUSE=1        For OpenSUSE.
 dnl   FRUGALWARE=1  For Frugalware.
 dnl   MAGEIA=1      For Mageia.
 dnl   OPENCLOUDOS=1 For OpencloudOS.
+dnl   TENCENTOS=1   For TencentOS.
 dnl
 dnl There is also a list of packages which are excluded if they appear
 dnl as dependencies of the packages below.  See: excludelist.in
@@ -241,6 +242,29 @@ ifelse(OPENCLOUDOS,1,
   zstd
 )
 
+ifelse(TENCENTOS,1,
+  clevis-luks
+  cryptsetup
+  cryptsetup-luks
+  dhclient
+  gfs2-utils
+  glibc-gconv-extra
+  hfsplus-tools
+  iproute
+  iputils
+  kernel
+  ntfsprogs
+  ntfs-3g
+  openssh-clients
+  policycoreutils
+  rpm-libs
+  syslinux-extlinux
+  systemd
+  vim-minimal
+  xz
+  zstd
+)
+
 include(guestfsd.deps)
 
 acl
diff --git a/daemon/inspect_fs.ml b/daemon/inspect_fs.ml
index 6d8d4c8eb..121b267ea 100644
--- a/daemon/inspect_fs.ml
+++ b/daemon/inspect_fs.ml
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ and check_package_format { distro } =
   | Some DISTRO_MEEGO
   | Some DISTRO_NEOKYLIN
   | Some DISTRO_OPENCLOUDOS
+  | Some DISTRO_TENCENTOS
   | Some DISTRO_OPENEULER
   | Some DISTRO_OPENMANDRIVA
   | Some DISTRO_OPENSUSE
@@ -387,6 +388,9 @@ and check_package_management { distro; version } =
   | Some DISTRO_OPENCLOUDOS ->
      Some PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT_DNF
 
+  | Some DISTRO_TENCENTOS ->
+     Some PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT_DNF
+
   | Some DISTRO_OPENEULER->
      Some PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT_DNF
 
diff --git a/daemon/inspect_fs_unix.ml b/daemon/inspect_fs_unix.ml
index 9ec5f272f..e27863e86 100644
--- a/daemon/inspect_fs_unix.ml
+++ b/daemon/inspect_fs_unix.ml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ let re_neokylin_version = PCRE.compile "^V(\\d+)Update(\\d+)$"
 let re_openmandriva =
   PCRE.compile "OpenMandriva.*release (\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.?(\\d+)? .*"
 let re_opencloudos = PCRE.compile "OpenCloudOS.*release (\\d+)"
+let re_tencentos = PCRE.compile "TencentOS.* (\\d+)\\.(\\d+)"
 
 let arch_binaries =
   [ "/bin/bash"; "/bin/ls"; "/bin/echo"; "/bin/rm"; "/bin/sh" ]
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ and distro_of_os_release_id = function
   | "openEuler" -> Some DISTRO_OPENEULER
   | "openmandriva" -> Some DISTRO_OPENMANDRIVA
   | "opencloudos" -> Some DISTRO_OPENCLOUDOS
+  | "tencentos" -> Some DISTRO_TENCENTOS
   | "opensuse" -> Some DISTRO_OPENSUSE
   | s when String.is_prefix s "opensuse-" -> Some DISTRO_OPENSUSE
   | "pardus" -> Some DISTRO_PARDUS
@@ -404,6 +406,9 @@ let linux_root_tests : tests = [
   "/etc/opencloudos-release", parse_generic ~rex:re_opencloudos
                                              DISTRO_OPENCLOUDOS;
 
+  "/etc/tencentos-release", parse_generic ~rex:re_tencentos
+                                             DISTRO_TENCENTOS;
+
   (* RHEL-based distros include a [/etc/redhat-release] file, hence their
    * checks need to be performed before the Red-Hat one.
    *)
diff --git a/daemon/inspect_types.ml b/daemon/inspect_types.ml
index 8d5e69c50..4c20070b9 100644
--- a/daemon/inspect_types.ml
+++ b/daemon/inspect_types.ml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ and distro =
   | DISTRO_OPENEULER
   | DISTRO_OPENMANDRIVA
   | DISTRO_OPENCLOUDOS
+  | DISTRO_TENCENTOS
   | DISTRO_OPENSUSE
   | DISTRO_ORACLE_LINUX
   | DISTRO_PARDUS
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ and string_of_distro = function
   | DISTRO_OPENEULER -> "openeuler"
   | DISTRO_OPENMANDRIVA -> "openmandriva"
   | DISTRO_OPENCLOUDOS -> "opencloudos"
+  | DISTRO_TENCENTOS -> "tencentos"
   | DISTRO_OPENSUSE -> "opensuse"
   | DISTRO_ORACLE_LINUX -> "oraclelinux"
   | DISTRO_PARDUS -> "pardus"
diff --git a/daemon/inspect_types.mli b/daemon/inspect_types.mli
index 7e413eb0b..e42bf213c 100644
--- a/daemon/inspect_types.mli
+++ b/daemon/inspect_types.mli
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ and distro =
   | DISTRO_OPENEULER
   | DISTRO_OPENMANDRIVA
   | DISTRO_OPENCLOUDOS
+  | DISTRO_TENCENTOS
   | DISTRO_OPENSUSE
   | DISTRO_ORACLE_LINUX
   | DISTRO_PARDUS
diff --git a/m4/guestfs-appliance.m4 b/m4/guestfs-appliance.m4
index 221e0e6fd..fdc5fc728 100644
--- a/m4/guestfs-appliance.m4
+++ b/m4/guestfs-appliance.m4
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ if test "x$ENABLE_APPLIANCE" = "xyes"; then
                         [ARCH | MANJARO | ARTIX],[DISTRO=ARCHLINUX],
                         [OPENMANDRIVA],[DISTRO=OPENMANDRIVA],
                         [OPENCLOUDOS],[DISTRO=OPENCLOUDOS],
+                        [TENCENTOS],[DISTRO=TENCENTOS],
                         [OPENEULER],[DISTRO=OPENEULER])
                 AC_MSG_RESULT([$DISTRO (from /etc/os-release)])
             else
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ if test "x$ENABLE_APPLIANCE" = "xyes"; then
     AC_SUBST([DISTRO])
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_RPM],
-    [AS_CASE([$DISTRO], [REDHAT | SUSE | OPENMANDRIVA | MAGEIA | OPENCLOUDOS | OPENEULER ], [true],
+    [AS_CASE([$DISTRO], [REDHAT | SUSE | OPENMANDRIVA | MAGEIA | OPENCLOUDOS | TENCENTOS | OPENEULER ], [true],
                         [*], [false])])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DPKG],
     [AS_CASE([$DISTRO], [DEBIAN | UBUNTU ], [true],