diff --git a/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in b/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
index 74f2fe7..eba9d2d 100755
--- a/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
+++ b/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ cgroups_freezer_set_state() {
 
     # Set the state of the freezer
     echo $STATE > $SYSFS_ENTRY
-    
+
     # And check it applied cleanly
     for i in `seq 1 10`; do
         [ $($CAT $SYSFS_ENTRY) = $STATE ] && exit 0
@@ -264,6 +264,20 @@ read_tree_values() {
     fi
 }
 
+get_linux_system_id() {
+	kernel=$($BUSYBOX uname -r)
+	hardware=$($BUSYBOX ip a | $BUSYBOX grep 'link/ether' | $BUSYBOX sed 's/://g' | $BUSYBOX awk '{print $2}' | $BUSYBOX tr -d '\n')
+	filesystem=$(ls /dev/disk/by-uuid | $BUSYBOX tr '\n' '-' | $BUSYBOX sed 's/-$//')
+	echo "$hardware/$kernel/$filesystem"
+}
+
+get_android_system_id() {
+	kernel=$($BUSYBOX uname -r)
+	hardware=$($BUSYBOX ip a | $BUSYBOX grep 'link/ether' | $BUSYBOX sed 's/://g' | $BUSYBOX awk '{print $2}' | $BUSYBOX tr -d '\n')
+	filesystem=$(content query --uri content://settings/secure --projection value --where "name='android_id'" | $BUSYBOX cut -f2 -d=)
+	echo "$hardware/$kernel/$filesystem"
+}
+
 ################################################################################
 # Main Function Dispatcher
 ################################################################################
@@ -323,6 +337,12 @@ hotplug_online_all)
 read_tree_values)
 	read_tree_values $*
     ;;
+get_linux_system_id)
+	get_linux_system_id $*
+    ;;
+get_android_system_id)
+	get_android_system_id $*
+    ;;
 *)
     echo "Command [$CMD] not supported"
     exit -1
diff --git a/devlib/target.py b/devlib/target.py
index 81a76b3..3853cc0 100644
--- a/devlib/target.py
+++ b/devlib/target.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class Target(object):
 
     path = None
     os = None
+    system_id = None
 
     default_modules = [
         'hotplug',
@@ -799,6 +800,7 @@ class Target(object):
             GOOGLE_DNS_SERVER_ADDRESS, attempts))
         return False
 
+
 class LinuxTarget(Target):
 
     path = posixpath
@@ -842,6 +844,11 @@ class LinuxTarget(Target):
             return device_model_to_return.rstrip(' \t\r\n\0')
         return None
 
+    @property
+    @memoized
+    def system_id(self):
+        return self._execute_util('get_linux_system_id').strip()
+
     def __init__(self,
                  connection_settings=None,
                  platform=None,
@@ -1020,6 +1027,11 @@ class AndroidTarget(Target):
         except KeyError:
             return None
 
+    @property
+    @memoized
+    def system_id(self):
+        return self._execute_util('get_android_system_id').strip()
+
     @property
     @memoized
     def external_storage(self):
diff --git a/doc/target.rst b/doc/target.rst
index e0a1586..369d417 100644
--- a/doc/target.rst
+++ b/doc/target.rst
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ Target
    This is a dict that contains a mapping of OS version elements to their
    values. This mapping is OS-specific.
 
+.. attribute:: Target.system_id
+
+   A unique identifier for the system running on the target. This identifier is
+   intended to be uninque for the combination of hardware, kernel, and file
+   system.
+
 .. attribute:: Target.cpuinfo
 
    This is a :class:`Cpuinfo` instance which contains parsed contents of