diff --git a/libuavcan_drivers/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index 51cbcf1c97..a88c7da13a 100644
--- a/libuavcan_drivers/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ target_link_libraries(test_node ${UAVCAN_LIB} rt ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 add_executable(test_time_sync apps/test_time_sync.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(test_time_sync ${UAVCAN_LIB} rt ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
+add_executable(test_system_utils apps/test_system_utils.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(test_system_utils ${UAVCAN_LIB} rt ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+
 #
 # Tools
-# Someday they will be replaced with Python scripts (pyuavcan is not finished at the moment)
 #
 add_executable(uavcan_status_monitor apps/uavcan_status_monitor.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(uavcan_status_monitor ${UAVCAN_LIB} rt ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
diff --git a/libuavcan_drivers/linux/apps/test_system_utils.cpp b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/apps/test_system_utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..719768fda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/apps/test_system_utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Pavel Kirienko <pavel.kirienko@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include <uavcan_linux/uavcan_linux.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include "debug.hpp"
+
+int main(int argc, const char** argv)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> iface_names(argv + 1, argv + argc);
+
+        const auto res = uavcan_linux::MachineIDReader(iface_names).readAndGetLocation();
+
+        const auto original_flags = std::cout.flags();
+
+        for (auto x : res.first)
+        {
+            std::cout << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0') << int(x);
+        }
+
+        std::cout.width(0);
+        std::cout.flags(original_flags);
+
+        std::cout << std::endl;
+
+        std::cout << res.second << std::endl;
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& ex)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Exception: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libuavcan_drivers/linux/include/uavcan_linux/system_utils.hpp b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/include/uavcan_linux/system_utils.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14aa91ad63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/include/uavcan_linux/system_utils.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Pavel Kirienko <pavel.kirienko@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <array>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cctype>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <utility>
+#include <uavcan_linux/exception.hpp>
+
+namespace uavcan_linux
+{
+/**
+ * This class can find and read machine ID from a text file, represented as 32-char (16-byte) long hexadecimal string,
+ * possibly with separators (like dashes or colons). If the available ID is more than 16 bytes, extra bytes will be
+ * ignored. A shorter ID will not be accepted as valid.
+ * In order to be read, the ID must be located on the first line of the file and must not contain any whitespace
+ * characters.
+ *
+ * Examples of valid ID:
+ *   0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
+ *   20CE0b1E-8C03-07C8-13EC-00242C491652
+ */
+class MachineIDReader
+{
+public:
+    static constexpr int MachineIDSize = 16;
+
+    typedef std::array<std::uint8_t, MachineIDSize> MachineID;
+
+    static std::vector<std::string> getDefaultSearchLocations()
+    {
+        return
+        {
+            "/etc/machine-id",
+            "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id",
+            "/sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid"
+        };
+    }
+
+private:
+    const std::vector<std::string> search_locations_;
+
+    static std::vector<std::string> mergeLists(const std::vector<std::string>& a, const std::vector<std::string>& b)
+    {
+        std::vector<std::string> ab;
+        ab.reserve(a.size() + b.size());
+        ab.insert(ab.end(), a.begin(), a.end());
+        ab.insert(ab.end(), b.begin(), b.end());
+        return ab;
+    }
+
+    bool tryRead(const std::string& location, MachineID& out_id) const
+    {
+        /*
+         * Reading the file
+         */
+        std::string token;
+        try
+        {
+            std::ifstream infile(location);
+            infile >> token;
+        }
+        catch (std::exception&)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Preprocessing the input string - convert to lowercase, remove all non-hex characters, limit to 32 chars
+         */
+        std::transform(token.begin(), token.end(), token.begin(), [](char x) { return std::tolower(x); });
+        token.erase(std::remove_if(token.begin(), token.end(),
+                                   [](char x){ return (x < 'a' || x > 'f') && !std::isdigit(x); }),
+                    token.end());
+
+        if (token.length() < (MachineIDSize * 2))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        token.resize(MachineIDSize * 2);        // Truncating
+
+        /*
+         * Parsing the string as hex bytes
+         */
+        auto sym = std::begin(token);
+        for (auto& byte : out_id)
+        {
+            assert(sym != std::end(token));
+            byte = std::stoi(std::string{*sym++, *sym++}, nullptr, 16);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+public:
+    /**
+     * This class can use extra seach locations. If provided, they will be checked first, before default ones.
+     */
+    MachineIDReader(const std::vector<std::string>& extra_search_locations = {})
+        : search_locations_(mergeLists(extra_search_locations, getDefaultSearchLocations()))
+    { }
+
+    /**
+     * Just like @ref readAndGetLocation(), but this one doesn't return location where this ID was obtained from.
+     */
+    MachineID read() const { return readAndGetLocation().first; }
+
+    /**
+     * This function checks available search locations and reads the ID from the first valid location.
+     * It returns std::pair<> with ID and the file path where it was read from.
+     * In case if none of the search locations turned out to be valid, @ref uavcan_linux::Exception will be thrown.
+     */
+    std::pair<MachineID, std::string> readAndGetLocation() const
+    {
+        for (auto x : search_locations_)
+        {
+            auto out = MachineID();
+            if (tryRead(x, out))
+            {
+                return {out, x};
+            }
+        }
+        throw Exception("Failed to read machine ID");
+    }
+};
+
+
+}
diff --git a/libuavcan_drivers/linux/include/uavcan_linux/uavcan_linux.hpp b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/include/uavcan_linux/uavcan_linux.hpp
index 3d68a42e99..4886fa66bd 100644
--- a/libuavcan_drivers/linux/include/uavcan_linux/uavcan_linux.hpp
+++ b/libuavcan_drivers/linux/include/uavcan_linux/uavcan_linux.hpp
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 #include <uavcan_linux/clock.hpp>
 #include <uavcan_linux/socketcan.hpp>
 #include <uavcan_linux/helpers.hpp>
+#include <uavcan_linux/system_utils.hpp>