diff --git a/src/Gui/AboutApplication.ui b/src/Gui/AboutApplication.ui
index 352e62c00c..d3f530546c 100644
--- a/src/Gui/AboutApplication.ui
+++ b/src/Gui/AboutApplication.ui
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@
        <property name="spacing">
         <number>6</number>
        </property>
-       <item row="3" column="0">
+       <item row="4" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelPlatform">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Platform</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="3" column="1">
+       <item row="4" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelBuildPlatform">
          <property name="text">
           <string notr="true">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:MS Shell Dlg 2; font-size:7.8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
@@ -171,34 +171,48 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="0">
+       <item row="6" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelBranch">
          <property name="text">
           <string notr="true">Branch</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="1">
+       <item row="6" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelBuildBranch">
          <property name="text">
           <string notr="true">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:MS Shell Dlg 2; font-size:7.8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="1">
+       <item row="7" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelBuildHash">
          <property name="text">
           <string notr="true">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:MS Shell Dlg 2; font-size:7.8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="0">
+       <item row="7" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelHash">
          <property name="text">
           <string notr="true">Hash</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item row="3" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="labelOS">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Operating system</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="3" column="1">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="labelBuildOS">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string notr="true">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:MS Shell Dlg 2; font-size:7.8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
     </layout>
diff --git a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
index 46f1183e96..bf207b38ea 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ AboutDialog::~AboutDialog()
     delete ui;
 }
 
-static QString getPlatform()
+static QString getOperatingSystem()
 {
 #if defined (Q_OS_WIN32)
     switch(QSysInfo::windowsVersion())
@@ -309,9 +309,13 @@ void AboutDialog::setupLabels()
     date.replace(QString::fromAscii("Unknown"), disda);
     ui->labelBuildDate->setText(date);
 
+    QString os = ui->labelBuildOS->text();
+    os.replace(QString::fromAscii("Unknown"), getOperatingSystem());
+    ui->labelBuildOS->setText(os);
+
     QString platform = ui->labelBuildPlatform->text();
     platform.replace(QString::fromAscii("Unknown"),
-        QString::fromAscii("%1 (%2-bit)").arg(getPlatform()).arg(QSysInfo::WordSize));
+        QString::fromAscii("%1-bit").arg(QSysInfo::WordSize));
     ui->labelBuildPlatform->setText(platform);
 
     // branch name
@@ -399,7 +403,8 @@ void AboutDialog::on_copyButton_clicked()
     QString major  = QString::fromAscii(config["BuildVersionMajor"].c_str());
     QString minor  = QString::fromAscii(config["BuildVersionMinor"].c_str());
     QString build  = QString::fromAscii(config["BuildRevision"].c_str());
-    str << "Platform: " << getPlatform() << " (" << QSysInfo::WordSize << "-bit)" << endl;
+    str << "OS: " << getOperatingSystem() << endl;
+    str << "Platform: " << QSysInfo::WordSize << "-bit" << endl;
     str << "Version: " << major << "." << minor << "." << build << endl;
     it = config.find("BuildRevisionBranch");
     if (it != config.end())