diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv.c b/drivers/hv/hv.c
index 86f8885aeb45..771e24f2981d 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/hyperv.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <asm/hyperv.h>
 #include "hyperv_vmbus.h"
 
@@ -164,9 +165,11 @@ int hv_init(void)
 
 	max_leaf = query_hypervisor_info();
 
-	/* Write our OS info */
-	wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID);
-	hv_context.guestid = HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID;
+	/*
+	 * Write our OS ID.
+	 */
+	hv_context.guestid = generate_guest_id(0, LINUX_VERSION_CODE, 0);
+	wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, hv_context.guestid);
 
 	/* See if the hypercall page is already set */
 	rdmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL, hypercall_msr.as_uint64);
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
index 0614ff3a7d7e..d8d1fadb398a 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h
@@ -410,10 +410,49 @@ enum {
 
 #define HV_PRESENT_BIT			0x80000000
 
-#define HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID_LO		0x00000000
-#define HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID_HI		2976579765
-#define HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID		(((u64)HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID_HI << 32) | \
-					   HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID_LO)
+/*
+ * The guest OS needs to register the guest ID with the hypervisor.
+ * The guest ID is a 64 bit entity and the structure of this ID is
+ * specified in the Hyper-V specification:
+ *
+ * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff542653%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
+ *
+ * While the current guideline does not specify how Linux guest ID(s)
+ * need to be generated, our plan is to publish the guidelines for
+ * Linux and other guest operating systems that currently are hosted
+ * on Hyper-V. The implementation here conforms to this yet
+ * unpublished guidelines.
+ *
+ *
+ * Bit(s)
+ * 63 - Indicates if the OS is Open Source or not; 1 is Open Source
+ * 62:56 - Os Type; Linux is 0x100
+ * 55:48 - Distro specific identification
+ * 47:16 - Linux kernel version number
+ * 15:0  - Distro specific identification
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+#define HV_LINUX_VENDOR_ID		0x8100
+
+/*
+ * Generate the guest ID based on the guideline described above.
+ */
+
+static inline  __u64 generate_guest_id(__u8 d_info1, __u32 kernel_version,
+					__u16 d_info2)
+{
+	__u64 guest_id = 0;
+
+	guest_id = (((__u64)HV_LINUX_VENDOR_ID) << 48);
+	guest_id |= (((__u64)(d_info1)) << 48);
+	guest_id |= (((__u64)(kernel_version)) << 16);
+	guest_id |= ((__u64)(d_info2));
+
+	return guest_id;
+}
+
 
 #define HV_CPU_POWER_MANAGEMENT		(1 << 0)
 #define HV_RECOMMENDATIONS_MAX		4