diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf
index f6316696f0..48d897606f 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf
@@ -89,3 +89,9 @@ COPR_DIST_GIT_LOGS_URL = "https://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/per-task-logs"
 BLACKLISTED_GROUPS = ['fedorabugs', 'packager', 'provenpackager']
 
 DEFER_BUILD_SECONDS = 300
+
+# We may have a (temporary) chroot that doesn't correspond with /etc/os-release
+# on a client system, e.g. "rhelbeta-8" chroots in Copr which doesn't match to
+# any real system, instead it is a temporary alias for "epel-8". In such case,
+# set this to {"epel-8": "rhelbeta-8"}
+CHROOT_NAME_RELEASE_ALIAS = {"epel-8": "rhelbeta-8"}