diff --git a/internal/factsengine/gatherers/osrelease.go b/internal/factsengine/gatherers/osrelease.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4eb18047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/factsengine/gatherers/osrelease.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package gatherers
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/trento-project/agent/pkg/factsengine/entities"
+)
+
+const (
+	OSReleaseGathererName = "os-release"
+	OSReleaseFilePath     = "/etc/os-release"
+)
+
+// nolint:gochecknoglobals
+var (
+	OSReleaseFileError = entities.FactGatheringError{
+		Type:    "os-release-file-error",
+		Message: "error reading /etc/os-release file",
+	}
+
+	OSReleaseDecodingError = entities.FactGatheringError{
+		Type:    "os-release-decoding-error",
+		Message: "error decoding file content",
+	}
+)
+
+type OSReleaseGatherer struct {
+	osReleaseFilePath string
+}
+
+func NewDefaultOSReleaseGatherer() *OSReleaseGatherer {
+	return NewOSReleaseGatherer(OSReleaseFilePath)
+}
+
+func NewOSReleaseGatherer(path string) *OSReleaseGatherer {
+	return &OSReleaseGatherer{
+		osReleaseFilePath: path,
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *OSReleaseGatherer) Gather(factsRequests []entities.FactRequest) ([]entities.Fact, error) {
+	facts := []entities.Fact{}
+	log.Infof("Starting %s facts gathering process", OSReleaseGathererName)
+
+	file, err := os.Open(g.osReleaseFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return facts, OSReleaseFileError.Wrap(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	osRelease, err := envparse.Parse(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return facts, OSReleaseDecodingError.Wrap(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	osReleaseFactValue := mapToFactValue(osRelease)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return facts, OSReleaseDecodingError.Wrap(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	for _, requestedFact := range factsRequests {
+		fact := entities.NewFactGatheredWithRequest(requestedFact, osReleaseFactValue)
+		facts = append(facts, fact)
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("Requested %s facts gathered", OSReleaseGathererName)
+	return facts, nil
+}
+
+func mapToFactValue(inputMap map[string]string) entities.FactValue {
+	factValueMap := make(map[string]entities.FactValue)
+
+	for key, value := range inputMap {
+		factValueMap[key] = &entities.FactValueString{Value: value}
+	}
+
+	return &entities.FactValueMap{Value: factValueMap}
+}
diff --git a/internal/factsengine/gatherers/osrelease_test.go b/internal/factsengine/gatherers/osrelease_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..435cdaf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/factsengine/gatherers/osrelease_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package gatherers_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+	"github.com/trento-project/agent/internal/factsengine/gatherers"
+	"github.com/trento-project/agent/pkg/factsengine/entities"
+	"github.com/trento-project/agent/test/helpers"
+)
+
+type OSReleaseGathererTestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+}
+
+func TestOSReleaseGathererTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(OSReleaseGathererTestSuite))
+}
+
+func (suite *OSReleaseGathererTestSuite) TestOSReleaseGathererSuccess() {
+	c := gatherers.NewOSReleaseGatherer(helpers.GetFixturePath("gatherers/os-release.basic"))
+
+	factRequests := []entities.FactRequest{
+		{
+			Name:     "os-release",
+			Gatherer: "os-release@v1",
+			CheckID:  "check1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	factResults, err := c.Gather(factRequests)
+
+	expectedResults := []entities.Fact{
+		{
+			Name: "os-release",
+			Value: &entities.FactValueMap{
+				Value: map[string]entities.FactValue{
+					"NAME":               &entities.FactValueString{Value: "Ubuntu"},
+					"VERSION":            &entities.FactValueString{Value: "20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)"},
+					"ID":                 &entities.FactValueString{Value: "ubuntu"},
+					"ID_LIKE":            &entities.FactValueString{Value: "debian"},
+					"VERSION_ID":         &entities.FactValueString{Value: "20.04"},
+					"PRETTY_NAME":        &entities.FactValueString{Value: "Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS"},
+					"VERSION_CODENAME":   &entities.FactValueString{Value: "focal"},
+					"HOME_URL":           &entities.FactValueString{Value: "https://www.ubuntu.com/"},
+					"SUPPORT_URL":        &entities.FactValueString{Value: "https://help.ubuntu.com/"},
+					"BUG_REPORT_URL":     &entities.FactValueString{Value: "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"},
+					"PRIVACY_POLICY_URL": &entities.FactValueString{Value: "https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"},
+					"UBUNTU_CODENAME":    &entities.FactValueString{Value: "focal"},
+				},
+			},
+			CheckID: "check1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	suite.NoError(err)
+	suite.ElementsMatch(expectedResults, factResults)
+}
+
+func (suite *OSReleaseGathererTestSuite) TestOSReleaseGathererFileNotExists() {
+	c := gatherers.NewOSReleaseGatherer("non_existing_file")
+
+	factRequests := []entities.FactRequest{
+		{
+			Name:     "os-release",
+			Gatherer: "os-release@v1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := c.Gather(factRequests)
+
+	suite.EqualError(err, "fact gathering error: os-release-file-error - error reading /etc/os-release file: "+
+		"open non_existing_file: no such file or directory")
+}
+
+func (suite *OSReleaseGathererTestSuite) TestOSReleaseGathererErrorDecoding() {
+
+	c := gatherers.NewOSReleaseGatherer(helpers.GetFixturePath("gatherers/os-release.invalid"))
+
+	factRequests := []entities.FactRequest{
+		{
+			Name:     "os-release",
+			Gatherer: "os-release",
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := c.Gather(factRequests)
+
+	suite.EqualError(err, "fact gathering error: os-release-decoding-error - error decoding file content: error on line 3: missing =")
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/gatherers/os-release.basic b/test/fixtures/gatherers/os-release.basic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dadd892a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/gatherers/os-release.basic
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+NAME="Ubuntu"
+VERSION="20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
+ID=ubuntu
+ID_LIKE=debian
+VERSION_ID="20.04"
+PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS"
+VERSION_CODENAME=focal
+HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
+SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
+BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
+PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
+UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
diff --git a/test/fixtures/gatherers/os-release.invalid b/test/fixtures/gatherers/os-release.invalid
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7901bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/gatherers/os-release.invalid
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+NAME="Ubuntu"
+VERSION="20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
+ID_ubuntu