diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 14c5404c52..05a39a181d 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		internal static void Initialize(Arguments args)
 		{
+			Console.WriteLine("Platform is {0}", Platform.CurrentPlatform);
+
 			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += FileSystem.ResolveAssembly;
 
 			var defaultSupport = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 6f79fa88d0..630fedc69d 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Network\Session.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ObjectCreator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Network\SyncReport.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Platform.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\EditorAppearance.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\SubcellInit.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Target.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Platform.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Platform.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8718d6bff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Platform.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
+
+namespace OpenRA
+{
+	enum PlatformType
+	{
+		Unknown,
+		Windows,
+		OSX,
+		Linux
+	}
+
+	static class Platform
+	{
+		public static PlatformType CurrentPlatform
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return currentPlatform.Value;
+			}
+		}
+
+		static Lazy<PlatformType> currentPlatform = new Lazy<PlatformType>(GetCurrentPlatform);
+		
+		static PlatformType GetCurrentPlatform()
+		{
+				if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT) return PlatformType.Windows;
+				
+				try
+				{
+					var psi = new ProcessStartInfo("uname", "-s");
+					psi.UseShellExecute = false;
+					psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
+					var p = Process.Start(psi);
+					var kernelName = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
+					if (kernelName.Contains("Linux") || kernelName.Contains("BSD"))
+						return PlatformType.Linux;
+					if (kernelName.Contains("Darwin"))
+						return PlatformType.OSX;
+				}
+				catch {	}
+				
+				return PlatformType.Unknown;
+		}
+	}
+}