diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index 99a5740b..ef1bf8cc 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -1865,3 +1865,19 @@ function islandora_islandora_datastream_access($op, AbstractDatastream $datastre
   }
   return $result;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Determines the server's operating system.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ *   The name of the operating system being used.
+ */
+function islandora_os_check() {
+  // Determine if PHP is currently running on Windows. (The constant
+  // "PHP_OS" may return "Windows," "WIN32," "WINNT," "CYGWIN_NT-5.1," etc.)
+  if ((strtolower(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) == 'win') ||
+      (strtolower(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 6)) == 'cygwin')) {
+    return 'Windows';
+  }
+  return 'Unix';
+}