diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74bf755c09..5982d70c97 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   ([#1805](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1805))
 - Expose the memfd module on FreeBSD (memfd was added in FreeBSD 13)
   ([#1808](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1808))
-
+- Added `domainname` field of `UtsName` on Android and Linux
+  ([#1817](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1817))
+  
 ### Changed
 
 - The MSRV is now 1.56.1
diff --git a/src/sys/utsname.rs b/src/sys/utsname.rs
index 5bd3a539ae..0448cb2990 100644
--- a/src/sys/utsname.rs
+++ b/src/sys/utsname.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ impl UtsName {
     pub fn machine(&self) -> &OsStr {
         cast_and_trim(&self.0.machine)
     }
+
+    /// NIS or YP domain name of this machine.
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+    pub fn domainname(&self) -> &OsStr {
+        cast_and_trim(&self.0.domainname)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Get system identification