diff --git a/src/datadog/datadog_agent.cpp b/src/datadog/datadog_agent.cpp
index 312d60a2..507f69dd 100644
--- a/src/datadog/datadog_agent.cpp
+++ b/src/datadog/datadog_agent.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "string_view.h"
 #include "trace_sampler.h"
 #include "tracer.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 namespace datadog {
 namespace tracing {
@@ -163,7 +162,8 @@ DatadogAgent::DatadogAgent(
       flush_interval_(config.flush_interval),
       request_timeout_(config.request_timeout),
       shutdown_timeout_(config.shutdown_timeout),
-      remote_config_(tracer_signature, config_manager) {
+      remote_config_(tracer_signature, config_manager),
+      tracer_signature_(tracer_signature) {
   assert(logger_);
   assert(tracer_telemetry_);
 
@@ -290,8 +290,10 @@ void DatadogAgent::flush() {
   auto set_request_headers = [&](DictWriter& headers) {
     headers.set("Content-Type", "application/msgpack");
     headers.set("Datadog-Meta-Lang", "cpp");
-    headers.set("Datadog-Meta-Lang-Version", std::to_string(__cplusplus));
-    headers.set("Datadog-Meta-Tracer-Version", tracer_version);
+    headers.set("Datadog-Meta-Lang-Version",
+                tracer_signature_.library_language_version);
+    headers.set("Datadog-Meta-Tracer-Version",
+                tracer_signature_.library_version);
     headers.set("X-Datadog-Trace-Count", std::to_string(trace_chunks.size()));
   };
 
@@ -366,9 +368,30 @@ void DatadogAgent::flush() {
   }
 }
 
-void DatadogAgent::send_telemetry(std::string payload) {
+void DatadogAgent::send_telemetry(StringView request_type,
+                                  std::string payload) {
+  auto set_telemetry_headers = [request_type, payload_size = payload.size(),
+                                debug_enabled = tracer_telemetry_->debug(),
+                                tracer_signature =
+                                    &tracer_signature_](DictWriter& headers) {
+    /*
+      TODO:
+        Datadog-Container-ID
+    */
+    headers.set("Content-Type", "application/json");
+    headers.set("Content-Length", std::to_string(payload_size));
+    headers.set("DD-Telemetry-API-Version", "v2");
+    headers.set("DD-Client-Library-Language", "cpp");
+    headers.set("DD-Client-Library-Version", tracer_signature->library_version);
+    headers.set("DD-Telemetry-Request-Type", request_type);
+
+    if (debug_enabled) {
+      headers.set("DD-Telemetry-Debug-Enabled", "true");
+    }
+  };
+
   auto post_result =
-      http_client_->post(telemetry_endpoint_, set_content_type_json,
+      http_client_->post(telemetry_endpoint_, set_telemetry_headers,
                          std::move(payload), telemetry_on_response_,
                          telemetry_on_error_, clock_().tick + request_timeout_);
   if (auto* error = post_result.if_error()) {
@@ -379,20 +402,22 @@ void DatadogAgent::send_telemetry(std::string payload) {
 
 void DatadogAgent::send_app_started(
     const std::unordered_map<ConfigName, ConfigMetadata>& config_metadata) {
-  send_telemetry(tracer_telemetry_->app_started(config_metadata));
+  send_telemetry("app-started",
+                 tracer_telemetry_->app_started(config_metadata));
 }
 
 void DatadogAgent::send_heartbeat_and_telemetry() {
-  send_telemetry(tracer_telemetry_->heartbeat_and_telemetry());
+  send_telemetry("app-heartbeat", tracer_telemetry_->heartbeat_and_telemetry());
 }
 
 void DatadogAgent::send_app_closing() {
-  send_telemetry(tracer_telemetry_->app_closing());
+  send_telemetry("app-closing", tracer_telemetry_->app_closing());
 }
 
 void DatadogAgent::send_configuration_change(
     const std::vector<ConfigMetadata>& config) {
-  send_telemetry(tracer_telemetry_->configuration_change(config));
+  send_telemetry("app-client-configuration-change",
+                 tracer_telemetry_->configuration_change(config));
 }
 
 void DatadogAgent::get_and_apply_remote_configuration_updates() {
diff --git a/src/datadog/datadog_agent.h b/src/datadog/datadog_agent.h
index a9687146..592dc71b 100644
--- a/src/datadog/datadog_agent.h
+++ b/src/datadog/datadog_agent.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "http_client.h"
 #include "metrics.h"
 #include "remote_config.h"
+#include "tracer_signature.h"
 #include "tracer_telemetry.h"
 
 namespace datadog {
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@ class DatadogAgent : public Collector {
   std::chrono::steady_clock::duration shutdown_timeout_;
 
   RemoteConfigurationManager remote_config_;
+  TracerSignature tracer_signature_;
 
   void flush();
-  void send_telemetry(std::string);
+  void send_telemetry(StringView, std::string);
   void send_heartbeat_and_telemetry();
   void send_app_closing();
 
diff --git a/src/datadog/platform_util.cpp b/src/datadog/platform_util.cpp
index c7c2c8b1..f074fbe0 100644
--- a/src/datadog/platform_util.cpp
+++ b/src/datadog/platform_util.cpp
@@ -1,41 +1,114 @@
 #include "platform_util.h"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include <processthreadsapi.h>
-#include <winsock.h>
-#else
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "string_util.h"
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(_M_X64)
+#define DD_SDK_CPU_ARCH "x86_64"
+#elif defined(i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__i386) || defined(_M_IX86)
+#define DD_SDK_CPU_ARCH "x86"
+#elif defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
+#define DD_SDK_CPU_ARCH "arm64"
+#else
+#define DD_SDK_CPU_ARCH "unknown"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#define DD_SDK_OS "Darwin"
+#define DD_SDK_KERNEL "Darwin"
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__unix__)
+#define DD_SDK_OS "GNU/Linux"
+#define DD_SDK_KERNEL "Linux"
+#else
+#define DD_SDK_OS "unknown"
 #endif
 
 namespace datadog {
 namespace tracing {
+namespace {
 
-Optional<std::string> get_hostname() {
-  char buffer[256];
-  if (::gethostname(buffer, sizeof buffer)) {
-    return nullopt;
-  }
-  return buffer;
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+std::string get_os_version() {
+  char os_version[20] = "";
+  size_t len = sizeof(os_version);
+
+  sysctlbyname("kern.osproductversion", os_version, &len, NULL, 0);
+  return os_version;
 }
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+std::string get_os_version() {
+  std::ifstream os_release_file("/etc/os-release");
+  if (!os_release_file.is_open()) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  std::string line;
 
-int get_process_id() {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  return GetCurrentProcessId();
+  while (std::getline(os_release_file, line)) {
+    size_t pos = line.find('=');
+    if (pos == std::string::npos) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    std::string key = line.substr(0, pos);
+    to_lower(key);
+    if (key == "version") {
+      std::string value = line.substr(pos + 1);
+      return value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return "";
+}
 #else
-  return ::getpid();
+std::string get_os_version() { return ""; }
 #endif
+
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__)
+
+HostInfo _get_host_info() {
+  HostInfo res;
+
+  struct utsname buffer;
+  if (uname(&buffer) != 0) {
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  res.os = DD_SDK_OS;
+  res.os_version = get_os_version();
+  res.hostname = buffer.nodename;
+  res.cpu_architecture = DD_SDK_CPU_ARCH;
+  res.kernel_name = DD_SDK_KERNEL;
+  res.kernel_version = buffer.version;
+  res.kernel_release = buffer.release;
+
+  return res;
 }
 
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace
+
+HostInfo get_host_info() {
+  static const HostInfo host_info = _get_host_info();
+  return host_info;
+}
+
+std::string get_hostname() { return get_host_info().hostname; }
+
+int get_process_id() { return ::getpid(); }
+
 int at_fork_in_child(void (*on_fork)()) {
-// Windows does not have `fork`, and so this is not relevant there.
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-  return 0;
-#else
   // https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pthread_atfork.html
   return pthread_atfork(/*before fork*/ nullptr, /*in parent*/ nullptr,
                         /*in child*/ on_fork);
-#endif
 }
 
 }  // namespace tracing
diff --git a/src/datadog/platform_util.h b/src/datadog/platform_util.h
index 37ce3923..7e1cfb75 100644
--- a/src/datadog/platform_util.h
+++ b/src/datadog/platform_util.h
@@ -4,12 +4,25 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#include "optional.h"
-
 namespace datadog {
 namespace tracing {
 
-Optional<std::string> get_hostname();
+// Hold host information mainly used for telemetry purposes
+// and for identifying a tracer.
+struct HostInfo final {
+  std::string os;
+  std::string os_version;
+  std::string hostname;
+  std::string cpu_architecture;
+  std::string kernel_name;
+  std::string kernel_version;
+  std::string kernel_release;
+};
+
+// Returns host information. Lazy.
+HostInfo get_host_info();
+
+std::string get_hostname();
 
 int get_process_id();
 
diff --git a/src/datadog/tracer.cpp b/src/datadog/tracer.cpp
index 583ecd74..2df6d4ba 100644
--- a/src/datadog/tracer.cpp
+++ b/src/datadog/tracer.cpp
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ Tracer::Tracer(const FinalizedTracerConfig& config,
       clock_(config.clock),
       injection_styles_(config.injection_styles),
       extraction_styles_(config.extraction_styles),
-      hostname_(config.report_hostname ? get_hostname() : nullopt),
       tags_header_max_size_(config.tags_header_size),
       sampling_delegation_enabled_(config.delegate_trace_sampling) {
+  if (config.report_hostname) {
+    hostname_ = get_hostname();
+  }
   if (auto* collector =
           std::get_if<std::shared_ptr<Collector>>(&config.collector)) {
     collector_ = *collector;
diff --git a/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.cpp b/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.cpp
index d58ab82e..2e3adaad 100644
--- a/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.cpp
+++ b/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ TracerTelemetry::TracerTelemetry(bool enabled, const Clock& clock,
     : enabled_(enabled),
       clock_(clock),
       logger_(logger),
+      host_info_(get_host_info()),
       tracer_signature_(tracer_signature),
-      hostname_(get_hostname().value_or("hostname-unavailable")),
       integration_name_(integration_name),
       integration_version_(integration_version) {
   if (enabled_) {
@@ -120,10 +120,16 @@ nlohmann::json TracerTelemetry::generate_telemetry_body(
            {"language_name", tracer_signature_.library_language},
            {"language_version", tracer_signature_.library_language_version},
        })},
-      // TODO: host information (os, os_version, kernel, etc)
-      {"host", nlohmann::json::object({
-                   {"hostname", hostname_},
-               })},
+      {"host",
+       {
+           {"hostname", host_info_.hostname},
+           {"os", host_info_.os},
+           {"os_version", host_info_.os_version},
+           {"architecture", host_info_.cpu_architecture},
+           {"kernel_name", host_info_.kernel_name},
+           {"kernel_version", host_info_.kernel_version},
+           {"kernel_release", host_info_.kernel_release},
+       }},
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.h b/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.h
index 6a6ffb33..3911ba5d 100644
--- a/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.h
+++ b/src/datadog/tracer_telemetry.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "json.hpp"
 #include "metrics.h"
+#include "platform_util.h"
 #include "runtime_id.h"
 #include "tracer_signature.h"
 
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ class TracerTelemetry {
   bool debug_ = false;
   Clock clock_;
   std::shared_ptr<Logger> logger_;
+  HostInfo host_info_;
   TracerSignature tracer_signature_;
-  std::string hostname_;
   std::string integration_name_;
   std::string integration_version_;
   // Track sequence id per payload generated
@@ -115,10 +116,11 @@ class TracerTelemetry {
                   const TracerSignature& tracer_signature,
                   const std::string& integration_name,
                   const std::string& integration_version);
-  bool enabled() { return enabled_; };
+  inline bool enabled() { return enabled_; }
+  inline bool debug() { return debug_; }
   // Provides access to the telemetry metrics for updating the values.
   // This value should not be stored.
-  auto& metrics() { return metrics_; };
+  auto& metrics() { return metrics_; }
   // Constructs an `app-started` message using information provided when
   // constructed and the tracer_config value passed in.
   std::string app_started(