diff --git a/api/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/api/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 16fc2b68bc..cf5c92c2ab 100644
--- a/api/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/api/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ keywords: "API, Docker, rcli, REST, documentation"
   of the `Resource` requirements.
 * `GET /tasks/{id}` now  returns `SwapBytes` and `MemorySwappiness` fields as
   part of the `Resource` requirements.
+* `GET /containers/{id}/stats` now returns an `os_type` field to allow platform-
+  specific handling of the stats.
 
 ## v1.51 API changes
 
diff --git a/api/docs/v1.52.yaml b/api/docs/v1.52.yaml
index 1f5ea81695..ee14466e0d 100644
--- a/api/docs/v1.52.yaml
+++ b/api/docs/v1.52.yaml
@@ -5639,6 +5639,13 @@ definitions:
         type: "string"
         x-nullable: true
         example: "boring_wozniak"
+      os_type:
+        description: |
+          OSType is the OS of the container ("linux" or "windows") to allow
+          platform-specific handling of stats.
+        type: "string"
+        x-nullable: true
+        example: "linux"
       read:
         description: |
           Date and time at which this sample was collected.
diff --git a/api/swagger.yaml b/api/swagger.yaml
index 1f5ea81695..ee14466e0d 100644
--- a/api/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/swagger.yaml
@@ -5639,6 +5639,13 @@ definitions:
         type: "string"
         x-nullable: true
         example: "boring_wozniak"
+      os_type:
+        description: |
+          OSType is the OS of the container ("linux" or "windows") to allow
+          platform-specific handling of stats.
+        type: "string"
+        x-nullable: true
+        example: "linux"
       read:
         description: |
           Date and time at which this sample was collected.
diff --git a/api/types/container/stats.go b/api/types/container/stats.go
index 02133d44d0..6a34f6ab76 100644
--- a/api/types/container/stats.go
+++ b/api/types/container/stats.go
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ type StatsResponse struct {
 	// Name is the name of the container for which the stats were collected.
 	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
 
+	// OSType is the OS of the container ("linux" or "windows") to allow
+	// platform-specific handling of stats.
+	OSType string `json:"os_type,omitempty"`
+
 	// Read is the date and time at which this sample was collected.
 	Read time.Time `json:"read"`
 
diff --git a/daemon/stats.go b/daemon/stats.go
index caaa1af966..5d6550e420 100644
--- a/daemon/stats.go
+++ b/daemon/stats.go
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerStats(ctx context.Context, prefixOrName string, c
 		if !ctr.State.IsRunning() || ctr.State.IsRestarting() {
 			// The container is either not running or restarting, return an empty stats.
 			return json.NewEncoder(config.OutStream()).Encode(&containertypes.StatsResponse{
-				Name: ctr.Name,
-				ID:   ctr.ID,
+				ID:     ctr.ID,
+				Name:   ctr.Name,
+				OSType: runtime.GOOS,
 			})
 		}
 		if config.OneShot {
@@ -133,8 +134,9 @@ done:
 		if cerrdefs.IsNotFound(err) || cerrdefs.IsConflict(err) {
 			// return empty stats containing only name and ID if not running or not found
 			return &containertypes.StatsResponse{
-				Name: ctr.Name,
-				ID:   ctr.ID,
+				ID:     ctr.ID,
+				Name:   ctr.Name,
+				OSType: runtime.GOOS,
 			}, nil
 		}
 		log.G(context.TODO()).Errorf("collecting stats for container %s: %v", ctr.Name, err)
diff --git a/daemon/stats/collector.go b/daemon/stats/collector.go
index 0735d17c03..adae57c5f2 100644
--- a/daemon/stats/collector.go
+++ b/daemon/stats/collector.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package stats
 
 import (
+	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -109,8 +110,9 @@ func (s *Collector) Run() {
 			stats, err := s.supervisor.GetContainerStats(pair.container)
 			if err != nil {
 				stats = &containertypes.StatsResponse{
-					Name: pair.container.Name,
-					ID:   pair.container.ID,
+					ID:     pair.container.ID,
+					Name:   pair.container.Name,
+					OSType: runtime.GOOS,
 				}
 			}
 			pair.publisher.Publish(*stats)
diff --git a/daemon/stats_unix.go b/daemon/stats_unix.go
index 33c535d06e..bceb6c7b7e 100644
--- a/daemon/stats_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/stats_unix.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -47,9 +48,10 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) stats(c *container.Container) (*containertypes.StatsRespon
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	s := &containertypes.StatsResponse{
-		Name: c.Name,
-		ID:   c.ID,
-		Read: cs.Read,
+		ID:     c.ID,
+		Name:   c.Name,
+		OSType: runtime.GOOS,
+		Read:   cs.Read,
 	}
 	switch t := cs.Metrics.(type) {
 	case *statsV1.Metrics:
diff --git a/daemon/stats_windows.go b/daemon/stats_windows.go
index ff4eafc65b..e2c6ec0043 100644
--- a/daemon/stats_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/stats_windows.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package daemon
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"runtime"
 
 	cerrdefs "github.com/containerd/errdefs"
 	containertypes "github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container"
@@ -28,8 +29,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) stats(c *container.Container) (*containertypes.StatsRespon
 
 	// Start with an empty structure
 	s := &containertypes.StatsResponse{
-		Name:     c.Name,
 		ID:       c.ID,
+		Name:     c.Name,
+		OSType:   runtime.GOOS,
 		Read:     stats.Read,
 		NumProcs: platform.NumProcs(),
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container/stats.go b/vendor/github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container/stats.go
index 02133d44d0..6a34f6ab76 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container/stats.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container/stats.go
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ type StatsResponse struct {
 	// Name is the name of the container for which the stats were collected.
 	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
 
+	// OSType is the OS of the container ("linux" or "windows") to allow
+	// platform-specific handling of stats.
+	OSType string `json:"os_type,omitempty"`
+
 	// Read is the date and time at which this sample was collected.
 	Read time.Time `json:"read"`