diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/registry.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/registry.ts
index 33cbd34c64..7d4e42dce4 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/registry.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export class Registry {
     const descriptors = readDescriptors(browsersJSON);
     const findExecutablePath = (dir: string, name: keyof typeof EXECUTABLE_PATHS) => {
       let tokens = undefined;
-      if (hostPlatform.startsWith('ubuntu'))
+      if (hostPlatform.startsWith('ubuntu') || hostPlatform.startsWith('generic-linux'))
         tokens = EXECUTABLE_PATHS[name]['linux'];
       else if (hostPlatform.startsWith('mac'))
         tokens = EXECUTABLE_PATHS[name]['mac'];
diff --git a/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts b/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts
index e86a56bc92..8c1647a42a 100644
--- a/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ it('should set playwright as user-agent', async ({ playwright, server, isWindows
   if (isWindows)
     expect(userAgentMasked).toBe('Playwright/X.X.X (<ARCH>; windows X.X) node/X.X');
   else if (isLinux)
-    expect(userAgentMasked).toBe('Playwright/X.X.X (<ARCH>; ubuntu X.X) node/X.X');
+    // on ubuntu: distro is 'ubuntu' and version is 'X.X'
+    // on manjaro: distro is 'Manjaro' and version is 'unknown'
+    expect(userAgentMasked.replace(/<ARCH>; \w+ [^)]+/, '<ARCH>; distro version')).toBe('Playwright/X.X.X (<ARCH>; distro version) node/X.X');
   else if (isMac)
     expect(userAgentMasked).toBe('Playwright/X.X.X (<ARCH>; macOS X.X) node/X.X');
 });