diff --git a/doc/api/report.md b/doc/api/report.md
index 8e8289a6fb7ec1..d41fca20ef5a74 100644
--- a/doc/api/report.md
+++ b/doc/api/report.md
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ is provided below for reference.
     "release": {
       "name": "node"
     },
-    "osVersion": "Linux 3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 21 18:14:51 EDT 2018",
-    "machine": "test_machine x86_64"
+    "osName": "Linux",
+    "osRelease": "3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64",
+    "osVersion": "#1 SMP Wed Mar 21 18:14:51 EDT 2018",
+    "osMachine": "x86_64",
+    "host": "test_machine"
   },
   "javascriptStack": {
     "message": "Error: *** test-exception.js: throwing uncaught Error",
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 6b7cbe26f34713..e3ff9da6b95b28 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -334,13 +334,11 @@
             ['OS=="win"', {
               'libraries': [
                 'dbghelp.lib',
-                'Netapi32.lib',
                 'PsApi.lib',
                 'Ws2_32.lib',
               ],
               'dll_files': [
                 'dbghelp.dll',
-                'Netapi32.dll',
                 'PsApi.dll',
                 'Ws2_32.dll',
               ],
@@ -676,13 +674,11 @@
             ['OS=="win"', {
               'libraries': [
                 'dbghelp.lib',
-                'Netapi32.lib',
                 'PsApi.lib',
                 'Ws2_32.lib',
               ],
               'dll_files': [
                 'dbghelp.dll',
-                'Netapi32.dll',
                 'PsApi.dll',
                 'Ws2_32.dll',
               ],
@@ -1041,13 +1037,11 @@
             ['OS=="win"', {
               'libraries': [
                 'dbghelp.lib',
-                'Netapi32.lib',
                 'PsApi.lib',
                 'Ws2_32.lib',
               ],
               'dll_files': [
                 'dbghelp.dll',
-                'Netapi32.dll',
                 'PsApi.dll',
                 'Ws2_32.dll',
               ],
diff --git a/src/node_report.cc b/src/node_report.cc
index 08d3642e7a3891..d10db1c97bc8b1 100644
--- a/src/node_report.cc
+++ b/src/node_report.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <cxxabi.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -48,6 +47,15 @@
 extern char** environ;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __POSIX__
+# include <netdb.h>         // MAXHOSTNAMELEN on Solaris.
+# include <sys/param.h>     // MAXHOSTNAMELEN on Linux and the BSDs.
+#endif  // __POSIX__
+
+#ifndef MAXHOSTNAMELEN
+# define MAXHOSTNAMELEN 256
+#endif  // MAXHOSTNAMELEN
+
 namespace report {
 using node::arraysize;
 using node::Environment;
@@ -351,107 +359,21 @@ static void PrintVersionInformation(JSONWriter* writer) {
   // Report release metadata.
   PrintRelease(writer);
 
-  // Report operating system and machine information (Windows)
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  {
-    // Level 101 to obtain the server name, type, and associated details.
-    // ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/
-    // api/lmserver/nf-lmserver-netservergetinfo
-    const DWORD level = 101;
-    LPSERVER_INFO_101 os_info = nullptr;
-    NET_API_STATUS nStatus =
-        NetServerGetInfo(nullptr, level, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE*>(&os_info));
-    if (nStatus == NERR_Success) {
-      LPSTR os_name = "Windows";
-      const DWORD major = os_info->sv101_version_major & MAJOR_VERSION_MASK;
-      const DWORD type = os_info->sv101_type;
-      const bool isServer = (type & SV_TYPE_DOMAIN_CTRL) ||
-                            (type & SV_TYPE_DOMAIN_BAKCTRL) ||
-                            (type & SV_TYPE_SERVER_NT);
-      switch (major) {
-        case 5:
-          switch (os_info->sv101_version_minor) {
-            case 0:
-              os_name = "Windows 2000";
-              break;
-            default:
-              os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server 2003" : "Windows XP");
-          }
-          break;
-        case 6:
-          switch (os_info->sv101_version_minor) {
-            case 0:
-              os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server 2008" : "Windows Vista");
-              break;
-            case 1:
-              os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server 2008 R2" : "Windows 7");
-              break;
-            case 2:
-              os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server 2012" : "Windows 8");
-              break;
-            case 3:
-              os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server 2012 R2" : "Windows 8.1");
-              break;
-            default:
-              os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server" : "Windows Client");
-          }
-          break;
-        case 10:
-          os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server 2016" : "Windows 10");
-          break;
-        default:
-          os_name = (isServer ? "Windows Server" : "Windows Client");
-      }
-      writer->json_keyvalue("osVersion", os_name);
-
-      // Convert and report the machine name and comment fields
-      // (these are LPWSTR types)
-      size_t count;
-      char name_buf[256];
-      wcstombs_s(
-          &count, name_buf, sizeof(name_buf), os_info->sv101_name, _TRUNCATE);
-      if (os_info->sv101_comment != nullptr) {
-        char comment_buf[256];
-        wcstombs_s(&count,
-                   comment_buf,
-                   sizeof(comment_buf),
-                   os_info->sv101_comment,
-                   _TRUNCATE);
-        buf << name_buf << " " << comment_buf;
-        writer->json_keyvalue("machine", buf.str());
-        buf.flush();
-      } else {
-        writer->json_keyvalue("machine", name_buf);
-      }
+  // Report operating system and machine information
+  uv_utsname_t os_info;
 
-      if (os_info != nullptr) {
-        NetApiBufferFree(os_info);
-      }
-    } else {
-      // NetServerGetInfo() failed, fallback to use GetComputerName() instead
-      TCHAR machine_name[256];
-      DWORD machine_name_size = 256;
-      writer->json_keyvalue("osVersion", "Windows");
-      if (GetComputerName(machine_name, &machine_name_size)) {
-        writer->json_keyvalue("machine", machine_name);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-#else
-  // Report operating system and machine information (Unix/OSX)
-  struct utsname os_info;
-  if (uname(&os_info) >= 0) {
-#ifdef _AIX
-    buf << os_info.sysname << " " << os_info.version << "." << os_info.release;
-#else
-    buf << os_info.sysname << " " << os_info.release << " " << os_info.version;
-#endif /* _AIX */
-    writer->json_keyvalue("osVersion", buf.str());
-    buf.str("");
-    buf << os_info.nodename << " " << os_info.machine;
-    writer->json_keyvalue("machine", buf.str());
+  if (uv_os_uname(&os_info) == 0) {
+    writer->json_keyvalue("osName", os_info.sysname);
+    writer->json_keyvalue("osRelease", os_info.release);
+    writer->json_keyvalue("osVersion", os_info.version);
+    writer->json_keyvalue("osMachine", os_info.machine);
   }
-#endif
+
+  char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN + 1];
+  size_t host_size = sizeof(host);
+
+  if (uv_os_gethostname(host, &host_size) == 0)
+    writer->json_keyvalue("host", host);
 }
 
 // Report the JavaScript stack.