diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go
index dc4ddf6fe24..317c08bf028 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ package winstats
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"
@@ -136,10 +139,16 @@ func (p *perfCounterNodeStatsClient) getMachineInfo() (*cadvisorapi.MachineInfo,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	systemUUID, err := getSystemUUID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return &cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
 		NumCores:       runtime.NumCPU(),
 		MemoryCapacity: p.nodeInfo.memoryPhysicalCapacityBytes,
 		MachineID:      hostname,
+		SystemUUID:     systemUUID,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -212,6 +221,18 @@ func (p *perfCounterNodeStatsClient) getCPUUsageNanoCores() uint64 {
 	return cpuUsageNanoCores
 }
 
+func getSystemUUID() (string, error) {
+	result, err := exec.Command("wmic", "csproduct", "get", "UUID").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	fields := strings.Fields(string(result))
+	if len(fields) != 2 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("received unexpected value retrieving vm uuid: %q", string(result))
+	}
+	return fields[1], nil
+}
+
 func getPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemoryBytes() (uint64, error) {
 	// We use GlobalMemoryStatusEx instead of GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory
 	// on Windows node for the following reasons:
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go
index 45c33132c64..50dc98d68c6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func (f fakeWinNodeStatsClient) getMachineInfo() (*cadvisorapi.MachineInfo, erro
 		NumCores:       4,
 		MemoryCapacity: 1.6e+10,
 		MachineID:      "somehostname",
+		SystemUUID:     "E6C8AC43-582B-3575-4E1F-6DA170888906",
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ func TestWinMachineInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, machineInfo, &cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
 		NumCores:       4,
 		MemoryCapacity: 1.6e+10,
-		MachineID:      "somehostname"})
+		MachineID:      "somehostname",
+		SystemUUID:     "E6C8AC43-582B-3575-4E1F-6DA170888906"})
 }
 
 func TestWinVersionInfo(t *testing.T) {