diff --git a/mk/testcases/slackware-15.0 b/mk/testcases/slackware-15.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cc0177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mk/testcases/slackware-15.0
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+NAME=Slackware
+VERSION="15.0"
+ID=slackware
+VERSION_ID=15.0
+PRETTY_NAME="Slackware 15.0 x86_64 (post 15.0 -current)"
+ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
+CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0"
+HOME_URL="http://slackware.com/"
+SUPPORT_URL="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/"
+BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/"
+VERSION_CODENAME=current
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mk/xe-linux-distribution b/mk/xe-linux-distribution
index da2c100..fc9c19c 100755
--- a/mk/xe-linux-distribution
+++ b/mk/xe-linux-distribution
@@ -535,26 +535,6 @@ identify_boot2docker()
 
 }
 
-identify_slackware()
-{
-    # distro
-    # 'Slackware Linux'
-    local slackware_version="$1"
-    local major
-    local minor
-    if [ ! -f "${slackware_version}" ] ; then
-        return 1
-    fi
-    eval $(sed -n \
-               -e 's/^Slackware \([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*$/distro=slackware;major=\1;minor=\2/gp;' \
-                         "${slackware_version}")
-    if [ -z "${major}" -o -z "${distro}" -o -z "${minor}" ] ; then
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    write_to_output "${distro}" "${major}" "${minor}" "$(head -n 1 ${slackware_version})"
-}
-
 if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
     exec 1>"$1"
 fi
@@ -582,7 +562,6 @@ if [ -z "${TEST}" ] ; then
     identify_debian /etc/debian_version && exit 0
     identify_boot2docker /etc/boot2docker && exit 0
     identify_os_release /etc/os-release && exit 0
-    identify_slackware /etc/slackware-version && exit 0
 
 
     if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
diff --git a/mk/xe-linux-distribution-test b/mk/xe-linux-distribution-test
index 58fe395..3f89631 100755
--- a/mk/xe-linux-distribution-test
+++ b/mk/xe-linux-distribution-test
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ test_identify()
     identify_debian "${1}" || \
     identify_redhat "${1}" || \
     identify_sles   "${1}" || \
+    identify_os_release "${1}" || \
     return 1
 }
 
@@ -87,4 +88,5 @@ do_test "testcases/centos8.3"            "centos 8 3"
 do_test "testcases/centos-stream-8"      "centos 8 0"
 do_test "testcases/rocky-8.3"            "rocky 8 3"
 do_test "testcases/almalinux-8.3"        "almalinux 8 3"
+do_test "testcases/slackware-15.0"       "slackware 15 0"
 exit 0