diff -uNdr pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.c pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.c
--- pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.c    1970-01-01 03:00:00.000000000 +0300
+++ pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.c 2011-08-08 00:37:41.140579867 +0400
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include "getosinfo.h"
+
+#define BUF_SIZE 1024
+#define PATH_AND_NAME_OSINFO "/.purple/osinfo.txt"
+
+extern char **environ;
+
+char *get_my_osinfo() {
+
+  const char *homepath = getenv("HOME");
+  const char *filename_raw = PATH_AND_NAME_OSINFO;
+  char* filename = calloc(strlen(homepath) + strlen(filename_raw) + 1, sizeof(char));
+  if ( filename == NULL ) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  sprintf(filename, "%s%s", homepath, filename_raw);
+
+  struct stat stat_buf;
+  if ( stat( filename, &stat_buf) != 0 ) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  
+  int osinfo_file = open( filename, O_RDONLY );
+  if ( osinfo_file == -1 ) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  char *buf = (char *)calloc(BUF_SIZE, sizeof(char));
+  if ( buf == NULL ) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  char *clear = calloc(1, sizeof(char));
+  int clear_size = 0;
+
+  ssize_t bytes_readed = 0;
+  while (  (bytes_readed = read(osinfo_file, buf, BUF_SIZE)) > 0 ) {
+    clear = (char *)realloc(clear, clear_size + bytes_readed + 1);
+    if ( clear == NULL ) {
+      break;
+    }
+    sprintf(clear, "%s%s", clear, buf);
+  }
+  close(osinfo_file);
+
+  free(buf);
+  free(filename);
+  return clear;
+}
+
+/*int main() {
+  char *ya = get_my_osinfo();
+  printf("This is %s\n", ya);
+  free(ya);
+  return 0;
+  }*/
diff -uNdr pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.h pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.h
--- pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.h    1970-01-01 03:00:00.000000000 +0300
+++ pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/getosinfo.h 2011-08-07 18:40:12.643947853 +0400
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+char *get_my_osinfo();
diff -uNdr pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/iq.c pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/iq.c
--- pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/iq.c   2011-06-22 11:32:28.000000000 +0400
+++ pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/iq.c    2011-08-07 18:41:53.346717874 +0400
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "adhoccommands.h"
 #include "data.h"
 #include "ibb.h"
+#include "getosinfo.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include "utsname.h"
@@ -223,14 +224,17 @@
    if(type == JABBER_IQ_GET) {
        GHashTable *ui_info;
        const char *ui_name = NULL, *ui_version = NULL;
-#if 0
+#if 1
        char *os = NULL;
        if(!purple_prefs_get_bool("/plugins/prpl/jabber/hide_os")) {
            struct utsname osinfo;
 
            uname(&osinfo);
-           os = g_strdup_printf("%s %s %s", osinfo.sysname, osinfo.release,
-                   osinfo.machine);
+           os = get_my_osinfo();
+           if ( os == NULL ) {
+             os = g_strdup_printf("%s %s %s", osinfo.sysname, osinfo.release,
+                          osinfo.machine);
+           }
        }
 #endif
 
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@
            xmlnode_insert_data(xmlnode_new_child(query, "version"), VERSION, -1);
        }
 
-#if 0
+#if 1
        if(os) {
            xmlnode_insert_data(xmlnode_new_child(query, "os"), os, -1);
            g_free(os);
diff -uNdr pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/Makefile.am pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/Makefile.am
--- pidgin-2.9.0.original/libpurple/protocols/jabber/Makefile.am    2011-06-22 11:32:28.000000000 +0400
+++ pidgin-2.9.0/libpurple/protocols/jabber/Makefile.am 2011-08-07 18:40:12.644947862 +0400
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@
              usertune.c \
              usertune.h \
              xdata.c \
-             xdata.h
+             xdata.h \
+             getosinfo.c \
+             getosinfo.h
 
 AM_CFLAGS = $(st)