diff --git a/base/sysinfo.jl b/base/sysinfo.jl
index da6dea9f59c32..4f9af8d072982 100644
--- a/base/sysinfo.jl
+++ b/base/sysinfo.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Provide methods for retrieving information about hardware and the operating syst
 """ Sys
 
 export BINDIR,
+       STDLIB,
        CPU_CORES,
        CPU_NAME,
        WORD_SIZE,
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ A string containing the full path to the directory containing the `julia` execut
 """
 :BINDIR
 
+"""
+    Sys.STDLIB
+
+A string containing the full path to the directory containing the `stdlib` packages.
+"""
+:STDLIB
+
 # helper to avoid triggering precompile warnings
 
 global CPU_CORES
@@ -94,6 +102,8 @@ function __init__()
     global CPU_NAME = ccall(:jl_get_cpu_name, Ref{String}, ())
     global JIT = ccall(:jl_get_JIT, Ref{String}, ())
     global BINDIR = ccall(:jl_get_julia_bindir, Any, ())::String
+    vers = "v$(VERSION.major).$(VERSION.minor)"
+    global STDLIB = abspath(BINDIR, "..", "share", "julia", "stdlib", vers)
     nothing
 end