diff --git a/src/basic/virt.c b/src/basic/virt.c
index f264cc6eb3d78..aadc923bb54f9 100644
--- a/src/basic/virt.c
+++ b/src/basic/virt.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ static Virtualization detect_vm_dmi(void) {
                          * so we fallback to using the product name which is less restricted
                          * to distinguish metal systems from virtualized instances */
                         _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+                        const char *e;
 
                         r = read_full_virtual_file("/sys/class/dmi/id/product_name", &s, NULL);
                         /* In EC2, virtualized is much more common than metal, so if for some reason
@@ -273,8 +274,9 @@ static Virtualization detect_vm_dmi(void) {
                                                 " assuming virtualized: %m");
                                 return VIRTUALIZATION_AMAZON;
                         }
-                        if (endswith(truncate_nl(s), ".metal")) {
-                                log_debug("DMI product name ends with '.metal', assuming no virtualization");
+                        e = strstrafter(truncate_nl(s), ".metal");
+                        if (e && IN_SET(*e, 0, '-')) {
+                                log_debug("DMI product name has '.metal', assuming no virtualization");
                                 return VIRTUALIZATION_NONE;
                         } else
                                 return VIRTUALIZATION_AMAZON;