diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/JmxDumpUtil.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/JmxDumpUtil.java
index a7fd066eee..92347bcb10 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/JmxDumpUtil.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/management/JmxDumpUtil.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;
 import javax.management.ObjectName;
 import javax.management.openmbean.CompositeData;
 
+import org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExec;
+import org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExec.ExecutionResult;
+
 
 /**
  * A utility class providing a method to dump a local or remote MBeanServer's entire object tree for support purposes.
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ public class JmxDumpUtil
     /** Place holder for unreadable values. */
     private static final String UNREADABLE_VALUE = "<not readable>";
 
+    private static final String OS_NAME = "os.name";
+
     /**
      * Dumps a local or remote MBeanServer's entire object tree for support purposes. Nested arrays and CompositeData
      * objects in MBean attribute values are handled.
@@ -143,9 +149,51 @@ public class JmxDumpUtil
             }
             attributes.put(element.getName(), value);
         }
+        if (objectName.getCanonicalName().equals("Alfresco:Name=SystemProperties"))
+        {
+            String osName = (String) attributes.get(OS_NAME);
+            if (osName != null && osName.toLowerCase().startsWith("linux"))
+            {
+                attributes.put(OS_NAME, updateOSNameAttributeForLinux(osName));
+            }
+        }
         tabulate(JmxDumpUtil.NAME_HEADER, JmxDumpUtil.VALUE_HEADER, attributes, out, 0);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a Linux version
+     * 
+     * @param osName os.name attribute
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String updateOSNameAttributeForLinux(String osName)
+    {
+        RuntimeExec exec = new RuntimeExec();
+        Map<String, String[]> commandMap = new HashMap<String, String[]>(3, 1.0f);
+        commandMap.put("Linux", new String[] { "lsb_release", "-d" });
+        exec.setCommandsAndArguments(commandMap);
+        ExecutionResult ret = exec.execute();
+        if (ret.getSuccess())
+        {
+            osName += " (" + ret.getStdOut().replace("\n", "") + ")";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            commandMap.put("Linux", new String[] { "uname", "-a" });
+            exec.setCommandsAndArguments(commandMap);
+            ret = exec.execute();
+            if (ret.getSuccess())
+            {
+                osName += " (" + ret.getStdOut().replace("\n", "") + ")";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                osName += " (Unknown)";
+            }
+        }
+        return osName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Dumps the details of a single CompositeData object.
      * 
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/management/JmxDumpUtilTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/management/JmxDumpUtilTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a434398598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/management/JmxDumpUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.alfresco.repo.management;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationComponent;
+import org.alfresco.util.ApplicationContextHelper;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+
+public class JmxDumpUtilTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+    private static ApplicationContext ctx = ApplicationContextHelper.getApplicationContext();
+
+    private AuthenticationComponent authenticationComponent;
+
+    public void testUpdateOSNameAttribute() throws Exception
+    {
+        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
+        if (osName.toLowerCase().startsWith("linux"))
+        {
+            String attr = JmxDumpUtil.updateOSNameAttributeForLinux(osName);
+            assertTrue(attr.toLowerCase().startsWith("linux ("));
+        }
+    }
+}