diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e827f333..2fd535117 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ check_include_file (syslog.h HAVE_SYSLOG_H)
 check_include_file (ucontext.h HAVE_UCONTEXT_H)
 check_include_file (unistd.h HAVE_UNISTD_H)
 check_include_file (unwind.h HAVE_UNWIND_H)
+check_include_file (pwd.h HAVE_PWD_H)
 
 check_include_file_cxx ("ext/hash_map" HAVE_EXT_HASH_MAP)
 check_include_file_cxx ("ext/hash_set" HAVE_EXT_HASH_SET)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 69711b746..6a19cd0b2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdint.h, ac_cv_have_stdint_h=1, ac_cv_have_stdint_h=0)
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/types.h, ac_cv_have_systypes_h=1, ac_cv_have_systypes_h=0)
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(inttypes.h, ac_cv_have_inttypes_h=1, ac_cv_have_inttypes_h=0)
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(pwd.h, ac_cv_have_pwd_h=1, ac_cv_have_pwd_h=0)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h, ac_cv_have_unistd_h=1, ac_cv_have_unistd_h=0)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(syscall.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/syscall.h)
diff --git a/src/utilities.cc b/src/utilities.cc
index 9d5b1239b..1a3c7e1f8 100644
--- a/src/utilities.cc
+++ b/src/utilities.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
 # include <syslog.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+# include <unistd.h>  // For geteuid.
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
+# include <pwd.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "base/googleinit.h"
 
@@ -299,8 +305,26 @@ static void MyUserNameInitializer() {
   if (user != NULL) {
     g_my_user_name = user;
   } else {
-    g_my_user_name = "invalid-user";
+#if defined(HAVE_PWD_H) && defined(HAVE_UNISTD_H)
+    uid_t uid;
+    struct passwd pwd;
+    struct passwd*result = NULL;
+    char buffer[1024] = {'\0'};
+    uid = geteuid();
+    int pwuid_res = getpwuid_r(uid, &pwd, buffer, sizeof (buffer), &result);
+    if(pwuid_res == 0) {
+      g_my_user_name = pwd.pw_name;
+    }
+    else {
+      snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "uid%d", uid);
+      g_my_user_name = buffer;
+    }
+#endif
+    if(g_my_user_name.empty()) {
+      g_my_user_name = "invalid-user";
+    }
   }
+
 }
 REGISTER_MODULE_INITIALIZER(utilities, MyUserNameInitializer());