diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 328ed9a7423..1d00fcc18ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
   * client: Don't force uppercase meta keys in env vars [GH-2338]
   * client: Reproducible Node ID on OSes that provide system-level UUID
     [GH-2277]
+  * client: Don't exec `uname -r` for node attribute kernel.version [GH-2380]
   * driver/docker: Add support for volume drivers [GH-2351]
   * driver/docker: Docker image coordinator and caching [GH-2361]
   * jobspec: Add leader task to allow graceful shutdown of other tasks within
diff --git a/client/fingerprint/host.go b/client/fingerprint/host.go
index a40a473f608..a7b8ed6c8ae 100644
--- a/client/fingerprint/host.go
+++ b/client/fingerprint/host.go
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 package fingerprint
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
@@ -35,15 +32,7 @@ func (f *HostFingerprint) Fingerprint(cfg *config.Config, node *structs.Node) (b
 	node.Attributes["os.version"] = hostInfo.PlatformVersion
 
 	node.Attributes["kernel.name"] = runtime.GOOS
-	node.Attributes["kernel.version"] = ""
-
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
-		out, err := exec.Command("uname", "-r").Output()
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("Failed to run uname: %s", err)
-		}
-		node.Attributes["kernel.version"] = strings.Trim(string(out), "\n")
-	}
+	node.Attributes["kernel.version"] = hostInfo.KernelVersion
 
 	node.Attributes["unique.hostname"] = hostInfo.Hostname