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diff --git a/tests/utils/utils.sh b/tests/utils/utils.sh
index cefb782c..212807bb 100755
--- a/tests/utils/utils.sh
+++ b/tests/utils/utils.sh
@@ -31,3 +31,33 @@ if [ "x${UST_TESTS_BUILDDIR:-}" = "x" ]; then
 	UST_TESTS_BUILDDIR="$testsdir"
 fi
 export UST_TESTS_BUILDDIR
+
+# The OS on which we are running. See [1] for possible values of 'uname -s'.
+# We do a bit of translation to ease our life down the road for comparison.
+# Export it so that called executables can use it.
+# [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples
+if [ "x${UST_OS_TYPE:-}" = "x" ]; then
+	UST_OS_TYPE="$(uname -s)"
+	case "$UST_OS_TYPE" in
+	MINGW*)
+		UST_OS_TYPE="mingw"
+		;;
+	Darwin)
+		UST_OS_TYPE="darwin"
+		;;
+	Linux)
+		UST_OS_TYPE="linux"
+		;;
+	CYGWIN*)
+		UST_OS_TYPE="cygwin"
+		;;
+	FreeBSD)
+		UST_OS_TYPE="freebsd"
+		;;
+	*)
+		UST_OS_TYPE="unsupported"
+		;;
+	esac
+fi
+export UST_OS_TYPE
+