diff --git a/azurelinuxagent/common/osutil/factory.py b/azurelinuxagent/common/osutil/factory.py
index 58afd0af1..fd66fbb0e 100644
--- a/azurelinuxagent/common/osutil/factory.py
+++ b/azurelinuxagent/common/osutil/factory.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def _get_osutil(distro_name, distro_code_name, distro_version, distro_full_name)
     if distro_name == "iosxe":
         return IosxeOSUtil()
 
-    if distro_name == "mariner":
+    if distro_name in ["mariner", "azurelinux"]:
         return MarinerOSUtil()
 
     if distro_name == "nsbsd":
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d51fae8c..0bb053d4c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def get_data_files(name, version, fullname):  # pylint: disable=R0912
                        src=["config/clearlinux/waagent.conf"])
         set_systemd_files(data_files, dest=systemd_dir_path,
                           src=["init/clearlinux/waagent.service"])
-    elif name == 'mariner':
+    elif name in ["mariner", "azurelinux"]:
         set_bin_files(data_files, dest=agent_bin_path)
         set_conf_files(data_files, dest="/etc",
                        src=["config/mariner/waagent.conf"])
diff --git a/tests_e2e/test_suites/agent_persist_firewall.yml b/tests_e2e/test_suites/agent_persist_firewall.yml
index f749046a2..ea877b9f0 100644
--- a/tests_e2e/test_suites/agent_persist_firewall.yml
+++ b/tests_e2e/test_suites/agent_persist_firewall.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ owns_vm: true  # This vm cannot be shared with other tests because it modifies t
 # so skipping the test run on flatcar distro.
 # (2023-11-14T19:04:13.738695Z ERROR ExtHandler ExtHandler Unable to setup the persistent firewall rules: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/lib/systemd/system/waagent-network-setup.service)
 skip_on_images:
+  - "azure-linux_3"  # TODO: the test in unstable on Azure Linux 3; skipping for now
+  - "azure-linux_3_arm64"  # TODO: the test in unstable on Azure Linux 3; skipping for now
   - "debian_9"  # TODO: Reboot is slow on debian_9. Need to investigate further.
   - "flatcar"
   - "flatcar_arm64"
diff --git a/tests_e2e/test_suites/ext_sequencing.yml b/tests_e2e/test_suites/ext_sequencing.yml
index 1976a8502..78c73dee1 100644
--- a/tests_e2e/test_suites/ext_sequencing.yml
+++ b/tests_e2e/test_suites/ext_sequencing.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ tests:
   - "ext_sequencing/ext_sequencing.py"
 images: "endorsed"
 # This scenario is executed on instances of a scaleset created by the agent test suite.
-executes_on_scale_set: true
\ No newline at end of file
+executes_on_scale_set: true
+skip_on_images:  # TODO: AzureMonitorLinuxAgent, used by this test, currently does not work on Azure Linux 3. Remove this once it is fixed.
+  - "azure-linux_3"
+  - "azure-linux_3_arm64"
diff --git a/tests_e2e/test_suites/images.yml b/tests_e2e/test_suites/images.yml
index fb6cc7f1f..976c987f9 100644
--- a/tests_e2e/test_suites/images.yml
+++ b/tests_e2e/test_suites/images.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ image-sets:
       - "debian_11"
       - "flatcar"
       - "suse_12"
-      - "mariner_1"
       - "mariner_2"
+      - "azure-linux_3"
       - "suse_15"
       - "rhel_79"
       - "rhel_82"
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ image-sets:
       - "debian_11_arm64"
       - "flatcar_arm64"
       - "mariner_2_arm64"
+      - "azure-linux_3_arm64"
       - "rhel_90_arm64"
       - "ubuntu_2204_arm64"
 
@@ -87,6 +88,16 @@ images:
       urn: "almalinux almalinux 9-gen2 latest"
       locations:
          AzureChinaCloud: []
+   azure-linux_3:
+      urn: "microsoftcblmariner azure-linux-3 azure-linux-3 latest"
+      locations:
+         AzureUSGovernment: []
+         AzureChinaCloud: []
+   azure-linux_3_arm64:
+      urn: "microsoftcblmariner azure-linux-3 azure-linux-3-arm64 latest"
+      locations:
+         AzureUSGovernment: []
+         AzureChinaCloud: []
    centos_610: "OpenLogic CentOS 6.10 latest"
    centos_75: "OpenLogic CentOS 7.5 latest"
    centos_79: "OpenLogic CentOS 7_9 latest"
diff --git a/tests_e2e/tests/lib/agent_log.py b/tests_e2e/tests/lib/agent_log.py
index 83f77b1ea..9c02406f9 100644
--- a/tests_e2e/tests/lib/agent_log.py
+++ b/tests_e2e/tests/lib/agent_log.py
@@ -380,6 +380,24 @@ def get_errors(self) -> List[AgentLogRecord]:
                 'message': r"Unable to determine version of iptables: \[Errno 2\] No such file or directory: 'iptables'",
                 'if': lambda r: DISTRO_NAME == 'ubuntu'
             },
+            #
+            # TODO: The Daemon has not been updated on Azure Linux 3; remove this message when it is.
+            #
+            # 2024-08-05T14:36:48.004865Z WARNING Daemon Daemon Unable to load distro implementation for azurelinux. Using default distro implementation instead.
+            #
+            {
+                'message': r"Unable to load distro implementation for azurelinux. Using default distro implementation instead.",
+                'if': lambda r: DISTRO_NAME == 'azurelinux' and r.prefix == 'Daemon' and r.level == 'WARNING'
+            },
+            #
+            # TODO: The OMS extension does not support Azure Linux 3; remove this message when it does.
+            #
+            # 2024-08-12T17:40:48.375193Z ERROR ExtHandler ExtHandler Event: name=Microsoft.EnterpriseCloud.Monitoring.OmsAgentForLinux, op=Install, message=[ExtensionOperationError] Non-zero exit code: 51, /var/lib/waagent/Microsoft.EnterpriseCloud.Monitoring.OmsAgentForLinux-1.19.0/omsagent_shim.sh -install
+            #
+            {
+                'message': r"name=Microsoft\.EnterpriseCloud\.Monitoring\.OmsAgentForLinux.+Non-zero exit code: 51",
+                'if': lambda r: DISTRO_NAME == 'azurelinux' and DISTRO_VERSION == '3.0'
+            },
         ]
 
         def is_error(r: AgentLogRecord) -> bool: