diff --git a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
index e2d95d1ccd..28a08f21fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
@@ -131,4 +131,13 @@ transfer.advertiseOSVersion::
 	servers. It makes clients and servers send to each other a string
 	representing the operating system name, like "Linux" or "Windows".
 	This string is retrieved from the 'sysname' field of the struct returned
-	by the uname(2) system call. Defaults to true.
+	by the uname(2) system call. If the `osVersion.command` is set, the
+	output of the command specified will be the string exchanged by the clients
+	and the servers. Defaults to true.
+
+osVersion.command::
+	If this variable is set, the specified command will be run and the output
+	will be used as the value `X` for `os-version` capability (in the form
+	`os-version=X`). `osVersion.command` is only used if `transfer.advertiseOSVersion`
+	is true. Refer to the linkgit:git-config[1] documentation to learn more about
+	`transfer.advertiseOSVersion` config option.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt
index c28262c60b..53621c0bce 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt
@@ -203,12 +203,13 @@ in its request to the server (but it MUST NOT do so if the server did
 not advertise the os-version capability). The `X` and `Y` strings may
 contain any printable ASCII characters except space (i.e., the byte
 range 32 < x < 127), and are typically made from the result of
-`uname -s`(OS name e.g Linux). The os-version capability can be disabled
-entirely by setting the `transfer.advertiseOSVersion` config option
-to `false`. The `os-version` strings are purely informative for
-statistics and debugging purposes, and MUST NOT be used to
-programmatically assume the presence or absence of particular
-features.
+`uname -s`(OS name e.g Linux).  If the `osVersion.command` is set,
+the `X` and `Y` are made from the ouput of the command specified.
+The os-version capability can be disabled entirely by setting the
+`transfer.advertiseOSVersion` config option to `false`. The `os-version`
+strings are purely informative for statistics and debugging purposes, and
+MUST NOT be used to programmatically assume the presence or absence of
+particular features.
 
 ls-refs
 ~~~~~~~
diff --git a/t/t5555-http-smart-common.sh b/t/t5555-http-smart-common.sh
index f9e2a66cba..8d5844eaf2 100755
--- a/t/t5555-http-smart-common.sh
+++ b/t/t5555-http-smart-common.sh
@@ -152,6 +152,35 @@ test_expect_success 'git upload-pack --advertise-refs: v2' '
 	test_cmp actual expect
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git upload-pack --advertise-refs: v2 with osVersion.command config set' '
+	# test_config is used here as we are not reusing any file output from here
+	test_config osVersion.command "uname -srvm" &&
+	printf "agent=FAKE" >agent_and_long_os_name &&
+
+	if test_have_prereq !WINDOWS
+	then
+		printf "\nos-version=%s\n" $(uname -srvm | test_redact_non_printables) >>agent_and_long_os_name
+	fi &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	version 2
+	$(cat agent_and_long_os_name)
+	ls-refs=unborn
+	fetch=shallow wait-for-done
+	server-option
+	object-format=$(test_oid algo)
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	GIT_PROTOCOL=version=2 \
+	GIT_USER_AGENT=FAKE \
+	git upload-pack --advertise-refs . >out 2>err &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git receive-pack --advertise-refs: v2' '
 	# There is no v2 yet for receive-pack, implicit v0
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
diff --git a/t/t5701-git-serve.sh b/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
index f4668b7acd..51d99cd62c 100755
--- a/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
+++ b/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,39 @@ test_expect_success 'test capability advertisement' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'test capability advertisement with osVersion.command config set' '
+	# test_config is used here as we are not reusing any file output from here
+	test_config osVersion.command "uname -srvm" &&
+	printf "agent=git/$(git version | cut -d" " -f3)" >agent_and_long_os_name &&
+
+	if test_have_prereq !WINDOWS
+	then
+		printf "\nos-version=%s\n" $(uname -srvm | test_redact_non_printables) >>agent_and_long_os_name
+	fi &&
+
+	test_oid_cache <<-EOF &&
+	wrong_algo sha1:sha256
+	wrong_algo sha256:sha1
+	EOF
+	cat >expect.base_long <<-EOF &&
+	version 2
+	$(cat agent_and_long_os_name)
+	ls-refs=unborn
+	fetch=shallow wait-for-done
+	server-option
+	object-format=$(test_oid algo)
+	EOF
+	cat >expect.trailer_long <<-EOF &&
+	0000
+	EOF
+	cat expect.base_long expect.trailer_long >expect &&
+
+	GIT_TEST_SIDEBAND_ALL=0 test-tool serve-v2 \
+		--advertise-capabilities >out &&
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'stateless-rpc flag does not list capabilities' '
 	# Empty request
 	test-tool pkt-line pack >in <<-EOF &&
diff --git a/version.c b/version.c
index 8242baf41c..b446232898 100644
--- a/version.c
+++ b/version.c
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+#define USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
+
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "version-def.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "alias.h"
 
 const char git_version_string[] = GIT_VERSION;
 const char git_built_from_commit_string[] = GIT_BUILT_FROM_COMMIT;
@@ -72,6 +76,50 @@ int get_uname_info(struct strbuf *buf, unsigned int full)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return -1 if unable to retrieve the osversion.command config or
+ * if the command is malformed; otherwise, return 0 if successful.
+ */
+static int fill_os_version_command(struct child_process *cmd)
+{
+	const char *os_version_command;
+	const char **argv;
+	char *os_version_copy;
+	int n;
+
+	if (git_config_get_string_tmp("osversion.command", &os_version_command))
+		return -1;
+
+	os_version_copy = xstrdup(os_version_command);
+	n = split_cmdline(os_version_copy, &argv);
+
+	if (n < 0) {
+		warning(_("malformed osVersion.command config option: %s"),
+			_(split_cmdline_strerror(n)));
+		free(os_version_copy);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+		strvec_push(&cmd->args, argv[i]);
+	free(os_version_copy);
+	free(argv);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int capture_os_version(struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+
+	if (fill_os_version_command(&cmd))
+		return -1;
+	if (capture_command(&cmd, buf, 0))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const char *os_version(void)
 {
 	static const char *os = NULL;
@@ -79,7 +127,8 @@ const char *os_version(void)
 	if (!os) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-		get_uname_info(&buf, 0);
+		if (capture_os_version(&buf))
+			get_uname_info(&buf, 0);
 		os = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 	}
 
