diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index bff74cd16c..785a39b1e7 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Interface changes
     - add `--tone-mapping-visualize`
     - change type of `--brightness`, `--saturation`, `--contrast`, `--hue` and
       `--gamma` to float.
+    - add `platform` property
  --- mpv 0.35.0 ---
     - add the `--vo=gpu-next` video output driver, as well as the options
       `--allow-delayed-peak-detect`, `--builtin-scalers`,
diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst
index ea305af615..4f9e68d567 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/input.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst
@@ -3341,6 +3341,12 @@ Property list
     somewhat weird form (apparently "hex BCD"), indicating the release version
     of the libass library linked to mpv.
 
+``platform``
+    Returns a string describing what target platform mpv was built for. The value
+    of this is dependent on what the underlying build system detects. Some of the
+    most common values are: ``windows``, ``darwin`` (macos or ios), ``linux``,
+    ``android``, and ``freebsd``. Note that this is not a complete listing.
+
 ``options/<name>`` (RW)
     The value of option ``--<name>``. Most options can be changed at runtime by
     writing to this property. Note that many options require reloading the file
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 527ac58bb1..8f90aa9137 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1652,6 +1652,7 @@ sys.stdout.write(features)
 feature_str = run_command(python, '-c', feature_sort, feature_keys, check: true).stdout()
 conf_data.set_quoted('FULLCONFIG', feature_str)
 conf_data.set_quoted('MPV_CONFDIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir'), 'mpv'))
+conf_data.set_quoted('PLATFORM', host_machine.system())
 configure_file(output : 'config.h', configuration : conf_data)
 message('List of enabled features: ' + feature_str)
 
diff --git a/player/command.c b/player/command.c
index 2ad83cb703..a284a4c047 100644
--- a/player/command.c
+++ b/player/command.c
@@ -3293,6 +3293,12 @@ static int mp_property_libass_version(void *ctx, struct m_property *prop,
     return m_property_int64_ro(action, arg, ass_library_version());
 }
 
+static int mp_property_platform(void *ctx, struct m_property *prop,
+                                int action, void *arg)
+{
+    return m_property_strdup_ro(action, arg, PLATFORM);
+}
+
 static int mp_property_alias(void *ctx, struct m_property *prop,
                              int action, void *arg)
 {
@@ -3916,6 +3922,7 @@ static const struct m_property mp_properties_base[] = {
     {"mpv-configuration", mp_property_configuration},
     {"ffmpeg-version", mp_property_ffmpeg},
     {"libass-version", mp_property_libass_version},
+    {"platform", mp_property_platform},
 
     {"options", mp_property_options},
     {"file-local-options", mp_property_local_options},
diff --git a/waftools/checks/custom.py b/waftools/checks/custom.py
index 79bfcf2ade..9e060c522d 100644
--- a/waftools/checks/custom.py
+++ b/waftools/checks/custom.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 
 __all__ = ["check_pthreads", "check_iconv", "check_lua",
            "check_cocoa", "check_wl_protocols", "check_swift",
-           "check_egl_provider"]
+           "check_egl_provider", "check_platform"]
 
 pthreads_program = load_fragment('pthreads.c')
 
@@ -168,3 +168,13 @@ def check_egl_provider(minVersion=None, name='egl', check=None):
             else:
                 return False
     return fn
+
+# Strictly for matching the platform names to what
+# the meson build calls them.
+def check_platform(ctx):
+    if ctx.env.DEST_OS == "win32":
+        return "windows"
+    elif ctx.dependency_satisfied("android"):
+        return "android"
+    else:
+        return ctx.env.DEST_OS
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 567fc67ff0..da90c97253 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1054,6 +1054,8 @@ def configure(ctx):
     ctx.parse_dependencies(video_output_features)
     ctx.parse_dependencies(hwaccel_features)
 
+    ctx.define('PLATFORM', check_platform(ctx))
+
     if ctx.options.SWIFT_FLAGS:
         ctx.env.SWIFT_FLAGS.extend(split(ctx.options.SWIFT_FLAGS))