diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46675ded27..6c5dbd9bc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 * feat(ConsoleSpanExporter): export span links [#2917](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/2917) @trentm
 * feat: warn when hooked module is already loaded [#2926](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/2926) @nozik
+* feat: implement OSDetector [#2927](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/2927) @rauno56
 * feat: implement HostDetector [#2921](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/2921) @rauno56
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/OSDetector.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/OSDetector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..979b48fda0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/OSDetector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { SemanticResourceAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
+import { Resource } from '../Resource';
+import { Detector, ResourceAttributes } from '../types';
+import { ResourceDetectionConfig } from '../config';
+import { platform, release } from 'os';
+
+/**
+ * OSDetector detects the resources related to the operating system (OS) on
+ * which the process represented by this resource is running.
+ */
+class OSDetector implements Detector {
+  async detect(_config?: ResourceDetectionConfig): Promise<Resource> {
+    const attributes: ResourceAttributes = {
+      [SemanticResourceAttributes.OS_TYPE]: this._normalizeType(platform()),
+      [SemanticResourceAttributes.OS_VERSION]: release(),
+    };
+    return new Resource(attributes);
+  }
+
+  private _normalizeType(nodePlatform: string): string {
+    // Maps from https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#osplatform to arch values in spec:
+    // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/resource/semantic_conventions/os.md
+    switch (nodePlatform) {
+      case 'sunos':
+        return 'solaris';
+      case 'win32':
+        return 'windows';
+      default:
+        return nodePlatform;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const osDetector = new OSDetector();
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/index.ts
index 053e79f0dd..db9296d266 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/index.ts
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 
 export * from './BrowserDetector';
 export * from './EnvDetector';
+export * from './OSDetector';
 export * from './HostDetector';
 export * from './ProcessDetector';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/node/OSDetector.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/node/OSDetector.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd3ec3e24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/node/OSDetector.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import { SemanticResourceAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
+import { describeNode } from '../../util';
+import { osDetector, Resource } from '../../../src';
+
+describeNode('osDetector() on Node.js', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sinon.restore();
+  });
+
+  it('should return resource information from process', async () => {
+    const os = require('os');
+
+    sinon.stub(os, 'platform').returns('win32');
+    sinon.stub(os, 'release').returns('2.2.1(0.289/5/3)');
+
+    const resource: Resource = await osDetector.detect();
+
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      resource.attributes[SemanticResourceAttributes.OS_TYPE],
+      'windows'
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      resource.attributes[SemanticResourceAttributes.OS_VERSION],
+      '2.2.1(0.289/5/3)'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should pass through type string if unknown', async () => {
+    const os = require('os');
+
+    sinon.stub(os, 'platform').returns('some-unknown-platform');
+
+    const resource: Resource = await osDetector.detect();
+
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      resource.attributes[SemanticResourceAttributes.OS_TYPE],
+      'some-unknown-platform'
+    );
+  });
+});