diff --git a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cc4a4049..2836f92fb 100644
--- a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ set(emulation_sources
 	misc/thread_selfid.c
 	misc/sysctl.c
 	misc/getrlimit.c
+	misc/gethostuuid.c
 	fcntl/open.c
 	fcntl/fcntl.c
 	network/socket.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/misc/gethostuuid.c b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/misc/gethostuuid.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09640f867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/misc/gethostuuid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#include "gethostuuid.h"
+#include "../base.h"
+#include "../errno.h"
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include "../../../../libc/include/fcntl.h"
+#include "../../../../../platform-include/sys/errno.h"
+#include "../fcntl/open.h"
+#include "../unistd/close.h"
+#include "../unistd/read.h"
+
+static int hex2bin(const char* str, unsigned char* uuid_buf);
+
+long sys_gethostuuid(unsigned char* uuid_buf, void* timeout)
+{
+	int ret, fd;
+	char buf[32];
+
+	fd = sys_open("/etc/machine-id", O_RDONLY, 0);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return fd;
+
+	ret = sys_read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	sys_close(fd);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (ret != sizeof(buf))
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
+	return hex2bin(buf, uuid_buf);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned char hvalue(char c)
+{
+	if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+		return c - '0';
+	else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
+		return 10 + (c - 'A');
+	else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
+		return 10 + (c - 'a');
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static int hex2bin(const char* str, unsigned char* uuid_buf)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+	{
+		unsigned char v;
+
+		v = hvalue(str[i*2]) << 4;
+		v |= hvalue(str[i*2+1]);
+
+		uuid_buf[i] = v;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/misc/gethostuuid.h b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/misc/gethostuuid.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6548f5612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/misc/gethostuuid.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef LINUX_GETHOSTUUID_H
+#define LINUX_GETHOSTUUID_H
+
+long sys_gethostuuid(unsigned char* uuid_buf, void* timeout);
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/syscalls.c b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/syscalls.c
index 16e0cdea0..0bea68432 100644
--- a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/syscalls.c
+++ b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/syscalls.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "misc/getrlimit.h"
 #include "misc/thread_selfid.h"
 #include "misc/sysctl.h"
+#include "misc/gethostuuid.h"
 #include "fcntl/open.h"
 #include "fcntl/fcntl.h"
 #include "network/socket.h"
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ void* __bsd_syscall_table[512] = {
 	[137] = sys_rmdir,
 	[138] = sys_utimes,
 	[139] = sys_futimes,
+	[142] = sys_gethostuuid,
 	[147] = sys_setsid,
 	[153] = sys_pread,
 	[154] = sys_pwrite,