diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go
index 9a22b047b32..317c08bf028 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/perfcounter_nodestats.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package winstats
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
@@ -221,13 +222,15 @@ func (p *perfCounterNodeStatsClient) getCPUUsageNanoCores() uint64 {
 }
 
 func getSystemUUID() (string, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("powershell.exe", "-Command", "(Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_ComputerSystemProduct).UUID")
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	result, err := exec.Command("wmic", "csproduct", "get", "UUID").Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	systemUUID := strings.TrimRight(string(out), "\r\n")
-	return systemUUID, nil
+	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) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats.go b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats.go
index 2b42cd850d7..b55560a7333 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (c *StatsClient) WinContainerInfos() (map[string]cadvisorapiv2.ContainerInf
 }
 
 // WinMachineInfo returns a cadvisorapi.MachineInfo with details about the
-// node machine.
+// node machine. Analogous to cadvisor MachineInfo method.
 func (c *StatsClient) WinMachineInfo() (*cadvisorapi.MachineInfo, error) {
 	return c.client.getMachineInfo()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go
index aa0fbefc616..d8c54137c63 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/winstats/winstats_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (f fakeWinNodeStatsClient) getMachineInfo() (*cadvisorapi.MachineInfo, erro
 		NumCores:       4,
 		MemoryCapacity: 1.6e+10,
 		MachineID:      "somehostname",
-		SystemUUID:     "",
+		SystemUUID:	    "E6C8AC43-582B-3575-4E1F-6DA170888906",
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -116,12 +116,11 @@ func TestWinMachineInfo(t *testing.T) {
 
 	machineInfo, err := c.WinMachineInfo()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.NotEqual(t, machineInfo.SystemUUID, "")
 	assert.Equal(t, machineInfo, &cadvisorapi.MachineInfo{
 		NumCores:       4,
 		MemoryCapacity: 1.6e+10,
 		MachineID:      "somehostname",
-		SystemUUID:     machineInfo.SystemUUID})
+		SystemUUID:     "E6C8AC43-582B-3575-4E1F-6DA170888906"})
 }
 
 func TestWinVersionInfo(t *testing.T) {