diff --git a/src/uucore/utsname.rs b/src/uucore/utsname.rs
index 77c0735cf..16b94472a 100644
--- a/src/uucore/utsname.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/utsname.rs
@@ -93,4 +93,63 @@ mod platform {
             Cow::from(arch)
         }
     }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
+mod platform {
+    use ::std::borrow::Cow;
+    use ::std::io::{self, Read};
+    use ::std::fs::File;
+
+    pub struct Uname {
+        kernel_name: String,
+        nodename: String,
+        kernel_release: String,
+        kernel_version: String,
+        machine: String
+    }
+
+    impl Uname {
+        pub fn new() -> io::Result<Uname> {
+            let mut inner = String::new();
+            File::open("sys:uname")?.read_to_string(&mut inner)?;
+
+            let mut lines = inner.lines();
+
+            let kernel_name = lines.next().unwrap();
+            let nodename = lines.next().unwrap();
+            let kernel_release = lines.next().unwrap();
+            let kernel_version = lines.next().unwrap();
+            let machine = lines.next().unwrap();
+
+            // FIXME: don't actually duplicate the data as doing so is wasteful
+            Ok(Uname {
+                kernel_name: kernel_name.to_owned(),
+                nodename: nodename.to_owned(),
+                kernel_release: kernel_release.to_owned(),
+                kernel_version: kernel_version.to_owned(),
+                machine: machine.to_owned()
+            })
+        }
+
+        pub fn sysname(&self) -> Cow<str> {
+            Cow::from(self.kernel_name.as_str())
+        }
+
+        pub fn nodename(&self) -> Cow<str> {
+            Cow::from(self.nodename.as_str())
+        }
+
+        pub fn release(&self) -> Cow<str> {
+            Cow::from(self.kernel_release.as_str())
+        }
+
+        pub fn version(&self) -> Cow<str> {
+            Cow::from(self.kernel_version.as_str())
+        }
+
+        pub fn machine(&self) -> Cow<str> {
+            Cow::from(self.machine.as_str())
+        }
+    }
 }
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