diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e0e986f..6ed93d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gaukas/godicttls v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.5 // indirect
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.41
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go v1.0.53
 	github.com/weppos/publicsuffix-go v0.30.1-0.20230422193905-8fecedd899db // indirect
+	github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.0.2
 	github.com/zmap/rc2 v0.0.0-20190804163417-abaa70531248 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f074c12..19cc8e3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38 h1:yAJXTCF9TqKcTiHJAE8dj7HMvPfh66eeA2JYW7eFpSE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 h1:KjJaJ9iWZ3jOFZIf1Lqf4laDRCasjl0BCmnEGxkdLb4=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0 h1:BQqNyPTi50JCFMTw/b67hByjMVXZRwGha6wxVGkeihY=
 github.com/gorilla/css v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Dn721qIggHpt4+EFCcTLTU/vk5ySda2ReITrtgBl60c=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.6 h1:3xi/Cafd1NaoEnS/yDssIiuVeDVywU0QdFGl3aQaQHM=
@@ -292,6 +294,8 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark-emoji v1.0.1/go.mod h1:2w1E6FEWLcDQkoTE+7HU6QF1F6SLlNGj
 github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.3/go.mod h1:SBZ9tNy3G9/m5Oi98Zks0QjeHVDvuK0qfxQmPyzfmi0=
 github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 h1:zFUKzehAFReQwLys1b/iSMl+JQGSCSjtVqQn9bBrPo0=
 github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4/go.mod h1:SBZ9tNy3G9/m5Oi98Zks0QjeHVDvuK0qfxQmPyzfmi0=
+github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.0.2 h1:nwTTo2a+WQ0NXwo0BGRojOJvJ/5XKvQih+2RrtWqfxc=
+github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.0.2/go.mod h1:kluzTYflRWo6/tXVMJPdEjShsbPpsFRyy+p1mBQPC30=
 github.com/zmap/rc2 v0.0.0-20131011165748-24b9757f5521/go.mod h1:3YZ9o3WnatTIZhuOtot4IcUfzoKVjUHqu6WALIyI0nE=
 github.com/zmap/rc2 v0.0.0-20190804163417-abaa70531248 h1:Nzukz5fNOBIHOsnP+6I79kPx3QhLv8nBy2mfFhBRq30=
 github.com/zmap/rc2 v0.0.0-20190804163417-abaa70531248/go.mod h1:3YZ9o3WnatTIZhuOtot4IcUfzoKVjUHqu6WALIyI0nE=
diff --git a/update/types.go b/update/types.go
index 9f14e3a..855d0c1 100644
--- a/update/types.go
+++ b/update/types.go
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 package updateutils
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/logrusorgru/aurora"
+	osutils "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/os"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/process"
+	"github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo"
 )
 
 type AssetFormat uint
@@ -149,5 +153,31 @@ func getUtmSource() string {
 			return val
 		}
 	}
+	if value == "unknown" || value == "" {
+		return getPlatformMetadata()
+	}
 	return value
 }
+
+// Get OS Vendor returns the linux distribution vendor
+// if not linux then returns runtime.GOOS
+func GetOSVendor() string {
+	if !osutils.IsLinux() {
+		return runtime.GOOS
+	}
+	var si sysinfo.SysInfo
+	si.GetSysInfo()
+	return si.OS.Vendor
+}
+
+// returns platform metadata
+func getPlatformMetadata() string {
+	var si sysinfo.SysInfo
+	si.GetSysInfo()
+	tmp := strings.ReplaceAll(si.Board.Vendor, " ", "_") + "|" + strings.ReplaceAll(si.Board.Name, " ", "_")
+	if tmp == "|" {
+		// instead of just empty string return os for more context
+		tmp = runtime.GOOS + "|" + runtime.GOARCH
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(tmp)), "==")
+}
diff --git a/update/update.go b/update/update.go
index 286703d..b210664 100644
--- a/update/update.go
+++ b/update/update.go
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ func GetToolVersionCallback(toolName, version string) func() (string, error) {
 // GetpdtmParams returns encoded query parameters sent to update check endpoint
 func GetpdtmParams(version string) string {
 	params := &url.Values{}
-	params.Add("os", runtime.GOOS)
+	os := runtime.GOOS
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		// be more specific
+		os = GetOSVendor()
+	}
+	params.Add("os", os)
 	params.Add("arch", runtime.GOARCH)
 	params.Add("go_version", runtime.Version())
 	params.Add("v", version)