diff --git a/COPYING.md b/COPYING.md
index 88e74cbb..ca367df3 100644
--- a/COPYING.md
+++ b/COPYING.md
@@ -224,4 +224,31 @@
 	BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
 	WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
 	OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
-	IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
\ No newline at end of file
+	IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# lionshead
+
+	Code has been taken from https://github.com/natefoo/lionshead and loosely
+	translated to C++ laced with Qt.
+
+	MIT License
+
+	Copyright (c) 2017 Nate Coraor
+
+	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+	of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+	in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+	to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+	copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+	furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+	copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+	OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+	SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/application/MultiMC.cpp b/application/MultiMC.cpp
index f928d11b..230d757f 100644
--- a/application/MultiMC.cpp
+++ b/application/MultiMC.cpp
@@ -1156,6 +1156,15 @@ MainWindow* MultiMC::showMainWindow(bool minimized)
 		auto kernelInfo = Sys::getKernelInfo();
 		customValues["cd5"] = kernelInfo.kernelName;
 		customValues["cd6"] = kernelInfo.kernelVersion;
+		auto distInfo = Sys::getDistributionInfo();
+		if(!distInfo.distributionName.isEmpty())
+		{
+			customValues["cd7"] = distInfo.distributionName;
+		}
+		if(!distInfo.distributionVersion.isEmpty())
+		{
+			customValues["cd8"] = distInfo.distributionVersion;
+		}
 		m_analytics->sendScreenView("Main Window", customValues);
 	}
 	return m_mainWindow;
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/systeminfo/CMakeLists.txt
index 77cba173..393b5318 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ find_package(Qt5Core)
 
 set(systeminfo_SOURCES
 include/sys.h
+include/distroutils.h
+src/distroutils.cpp
 )
 
 if (WIN32)
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/include/distroutils.h b/libraries/systeminfo/include/distroutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ff8d591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/include/distroutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "sys.h"
+#include <QString>
+
+namespace Sys {
+struct LsbInfo
+{
+	QString distributor;
+	QString version;
+	QString description;
+	QString codename;
+};
+
+bool main_lsb_info(LsbInfo & out);
+bool fallback_lsb_info(Sys::LsbInfo & out);
+void lsb_postprocess(Sys::LsbInfo & lsb, Sys::DistributionInfo & out);
+Sys::DistributionInfo read_lsb_release();
+
+QString _extract_distribution(const QString & x);
+QString _extract_version(const QString & x);
+Sys::DistributionInfo read_legacy_release();
+
+Sys::DistributionInfo read_os_release();
+}
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h b/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h
index e40d9a92..c573eb53 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h
@@ -12,6 +12,35 @@ struct KernelInfo
 
 KernelInfo getKernelInfo();
 
+struct DistributionInfo
+{
+	DistributionInfo operator+(const DistributionInfo& rhs) const
+	{
+		DistributionInfo out;
+		if(!distributionName.isEmpty())
+		{
+			out.distributionName = distributionName;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			out.distributionName = rhs.distributionName;
+		}
+		if(!distributionVersion.isEmpty())
+		{
+			out.distributionVersion = distributionVersion;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			out.distributionVersion = rhs.distributionVersion;
+		}
+		return out;
+	}
+	QString distributionName;
+	QString distributionVersion;
+};
+
+DistributionInfo getDistributionInfo();
+
 uint64_t getSystemRam();
 
 bool isSystem64bit();
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/distroutils.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/distroutils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdba05d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/distroutils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+/*
+
+Code has been taken from https://github.com/natefoo/lionshead and loosely
+translated to C++ laced with Qt.
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Nate Coraor
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+*/
+
+#include "distroutils.h"
+
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QMap>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QProcess>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QDir>
+
+#include <functional>
+
+Sys::DistributionInfo Sys::read_os_release()
+{
+	Sys::DistributionInfo out;
+	QStringList files = { "/etc/os-release", "/usr/lib/os-release" };
+	QString name;
+	QString version;
+	for (auto &file: files)
+	{
+		if(!QFile::exists(file))
+		{
+			continue;
+		}
+		QSettings settings(file, QSettings::IniFormat);
+		if(settings.contains("ID"))
+		{
+			name = settings.value("ID").toString().toLower();
+		}
+		else if (settings.contains("NAME"))
+		{
+			name = settings.value("NAME").toString().toLower();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if(settings.contains("VERSION_ID"))
+		{
+			version = settings.value("VERSION_ID").toString().toLower();
+		}
+		else if(settings.contains("VERSION"))
+		{
+			version = settings.value("VERSION").toString().toLower();
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	if(name.isEmpty())
+	{
+		return out;
+	}
+	out.distributionName = name;
+	out.distributionVersion = version;
+	return out;
+}
+
+bool Sys::main_lsb_info(Sys::LsbInfo & out)
+{
+	int status=0;
+	QProcess lsbProcess;
+	lsbProcess.start("lsb_release -a");
+	lsbProcess.waitForFinished();
+	status = lsbProcess.exitStatus();
+	QString output = lsbProcess.readAllStandardOutput();
+	qDebug() << output;
+	lsbProcess.close();
+	if(status == 0)
+	{
+		auto lines = output.split('\n');
+		for(auto line:lines)
+		{
+			int index = line.indexOf(':');
+			auto key = line.left(index).trimmed();
+			auto value = line.mid(index + 1).toLower().trimmed();
+			if(key == "Distributor ID")
+				out.distributor = value;
+			else if(key == "Release")
+				out.version = value;
+			else if(key == "Description")
+				out.description = value;
+			else if(key == "Codename")
+				out.codename = value;
+		}
+		return !out.distributor.isEmpty();
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool Sys::fallback_lsb_info(Sys::LsbInfo & out)
+{
+	// running lsb_release failed, try to read the file instead
+	// /etc/lsb-release format, if the file even exists, is non-standard.
+	// Only the `lsb_release` command is specified by LSB. Nonetheless, some
+	// distributions install an /etc/lsb-release as part of the base
+	// distribution, but `lsb_release` remains optional.
+	QString file = "/etc/lsb-release";
+	if (QFile::exists(file))
+	{
+		QSettings settings(file, QSettings::IniFormat);
+		if(settings.contains("DISTRIB_ID"))
+		{
+			out.distributor = settings.value("DISTRIB_ID").toString().toLower();
+		}
+		if(settings.contains("DISTRIB_RELEASE"))
+		{
+			out.version = settings.value("DISTRIB_RELEASE").toString().toLower();
+		}
+		return !out.distributor.isEmpty();
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+void Sys::lsb_postprocess(Sys::LsbInfo & lsb, Sys::DistributionInfo & out)
+{
+	QString dist = lsb.distributor;
+	QString vers = lsb.version;
+	if(dist.startsWith("redhatenterprise"))
+	{
+		dist = "rhel";
+	}
+	else if(dist == "archlinux")
+	{
+		dist = "arch";
+	}
+	else if (dist.startsWith("suse"))
+	{
+		if(lsb.description.startsWith("opensuse"))
+		{
+			dist = "opensuse";
+		}
+		else if (lsb.description.startsWith("suse linux enterprise"))
+		{
+			dist = "sles";
+		}
+	}
+	else if (dist == "debian" and vers == "testing")
+	{
+		vers = lsb.codename;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		// ubuntu, debian, gentoo, scientific, slackware, ... ?
+		auto parts = dist.split(QRegExp("\\s+"), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+		if(parts.size())
+		{
+			dist = parts[0];
+		}
+	}
+	if(!dist.isEmpty())
+	{
+		out.distributionName = dist;
+		out.distributionVersion = vers;
+	}
+}
+
+Sys::DistributionInfo Sys::read_lsb_release()
+{
+	LsbInfo lsb;
+	if(!main_lsb_info(lsb))
+	{
+		if(!fallback_lsb_info(lsb))
+		{
+			return Sys::DistributionInfo();
+		}
+	}
+	Sys::DistributionInfo out;
+	lsb_postprocess(lsb, out);
+	return out;
+}
+
+QString Sys::_extract_distribution(const QString & x)
+{
+	QString release = x.toLower();
+	if (release.startsWith("red hat enterprise"))
+	{
+		return "rhel";
+	}
+	if (release.startsWith("suse linux enterprise"))
+	{
+		return "sles";
+	}
+	QStringList list = release.split(QRegExp("\\s+"), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+	if(list.size())
+	{
+		return list[0];
+	}
+	return QString();
+}
+
+QString Sys::_extract_version(const QString & x)
+{
+	QRegExp versionish_string("\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*$");
+	QStringList list = x.split(QRegExp("\\s+"), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+	for(int i = list.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i)
+	{
+		QString chunk = list[i];
+		if(versionish_string.exactMatch(chunk))
+		{
+			return chunk;
+		}
+	}
+	return QString();
+}
+
+Sys::DistributionInfo Sys::read_legacy_release()
+{
+	struct checkEntry
+	{
+		QString file;
+		std::function<QString(const QString &)> extract_distro;
+		std::function<QString(const QString &)> extract_version;
+	};
+	QList<checkEntry> checks =
+	{
+		{"/etc/arch-release", [](const QString &){ return "arch";}, [](const QString &){ return "rolling";}},
+		{"/etc/slackware-version", &Sys::_extract_distribution, &Sys::_extract_version},
+		{QString(), &Sys::_extract_distribution, &Sys::_extract_version},
+		{"/etc/debian_version", [](const QString &){ return "debian";}, [](const QString & x){ return x;}},
+	};
+	for(auto & check: checks)
+	{
+		QStringList files;
+		if(check.file.isNull())
+		{
+			QDir etcDir("/etc");
+			etcDir.setNameFilters({"*-release"});
+			etcDir.setFilter(QDir::Files | QDir::NoDot | QDir::NoDotDot | QDir::Readable | QDir::Hidden);
+			files = etcDir.entryList();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			files.append(check.file);
+		}
+		for (auto file : files)
+		{
+			QFile relfile(file);
+			if(!relfile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text))
+				continue;
+			QString contents = QString::fromUtf8(relfile.readLine()).trimmed();
+			QString dist = check.extract_distro(contents);
+			QString vers = check.extract_version(contents);
+			if(!dist.isEmpty())
+			{
+				Sys::DistributionInfo out;
+				out.distributionName = dist;
+				out.distributionVersion = vers;
+				return out;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return Sys::DistributionInfo();
+}
+
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp
index 49a61165..62e6037d 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp
@@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ bool Sys::isSystem64bit()
 	// yep. maybe when we have 128bit CPUs on consumer devices.
 	return true;
 }
+
+Sys::DistributionInfo Sys::getDistributionInfo()
+{
+	DistributionInfo result;
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_test.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_test.cpp
index 6221da45..0f6007c9 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_test.cpp
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_test.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ slots:
 		QVERIFY(!kinfo.kernelName.isEmpty());
 		QVERIFY(kinfo.kernelVersion != "0.0");
 	}
+
+	void test_systemDistroNotNull()
+	{
+		auto kinfo = Sys::getDistributionInfo();
+		QVERIFY(!kinfo.distributionName.isEmpty());
+		QVERIFY(!kinfo.distributionVersion.isEmpty());
+		qDebug() << "Distro: " << kinfo.distributionName << "version" << kinfo.distributionVersion;
+	}
 };
 
 QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(SysTest)
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp
index 866c9fdb..313908f3 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "sys.h"
 
+#include "distroutils.h"
+
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <fstream>
 
@@ -47,3 +49,27 @@ bool Sys::isSystem64bit()
 	// kernel build arch on linux
 	return QSysInfo::currentCpuArchitecture() == "x86_64";
 }
+
+Sys::DistributionInfo Sys::getDistributionInfo()
+{
+	DistributionInfo systemd_info = read_os_release();
+	DistributionInfo lsb_info = read_lsb_release();
+	DistributionInfo legacy_info = read_legacy_release();
+	DistributionInfo result = systemd_info + lsb_info + legacy_info;
+	if(result.distributionName.isNull())
+	{
+		result.distributionName = "unknown";
+	}
+	if(result.distributionVersion.isNull())
+	{
+		if(result.distributionName == "arch")
+		{
+			result.distributionVersion = "rolling";
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			result.distributionVersion = "unknown";
+		}
+	}
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp
index 502b980d..cc1d61c1 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ bool Sys::isCPU64bit()
 	auto arch = info.wProcessorArchitecture;
 	return arch == PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 || arch == PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64;
 }
+
+Sys::DistributionInfo Sys::getDistributionInfo()
+{
+	DistributionInfo result;
+	return result;
+}