diff --git a/lib/chef/client.rb b/lib/chef/client.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/chef/client.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/client.rb
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ class Chef
         run_context = nil
         events.run_start(Chef::VERSION)
         Chef::Log.info("*** Chef #{Chef::VERSION} ***")
+        Chef::Log.info("Platform: #{RUBY_PLATFORM}")
         Chef::Log.info "Chef-client pid: #{Process.pid}"
         Chef::Log.debug("Chef-client request_id: #{request_id}")
         enforce_path_sanity
Log platform along with client version and pid.