diff --git a/profile.d/80-systemd-osc-context.sh b/profile.d/80-systemd-osc-context.sh
index 13f04994ce..a7392eedba 100644
--- a/profile.d/80-systemd-osc-context.sh
+++ b/profile.d/80-systemd-osc-context.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ __systemd_osc_context_escape() {
 }
 
 __systemd_osc_context_common() {
-    printf ";user=%s;hostname=%s;machineid=%s;bootid=%s;pid=%s" "$USER" "$HOSTNAME" "$(</etc/machine-id)" "$(</proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id)" "$$"
+    if [ -f /etc/machine-id ]; then
+        printf ";machineid=%s" "$(</etc/machine-id)"
+    fi
+    printf ";user=%s;hostname=%s;bootid=%s;pid=%s" "$USER" "$HOSTNAME" "$(</proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id)" "$$"
 }
 
 __systemd_osc_context_precmdline() {