diff --git a/config/reader.go b/config/reader.go
index a68f461abb4..6f99b0dbcee 100644
--- a/config/reader.go
+++ b/config/reader.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/a8m/envsubst"
@@ -42,6 +44,50 @@ const (
 	LocalPackagesSuffix = "-local"
 )
 
+func parseOsRelease(body *bufio.Reader) map[string]string {
+	ret := make(map[string]string)
+	for {
+		line, err := body.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return ret
+		}
+		key, value, _ := strings.Cut(line, "=")
+		// note: we trim `value` rather than `line` because os_version value is quoted sometimes.
+		ret[key] = strings.Trim(value, "\n\"")
+	}
+}
+
+// append key:value pair to orig if value is non-empty.
+func appendPairIfNonempty(orig []string, key, value string) []string {
+	if value != "" {
+		return append(orig, key+":"+value)
+	}
+	return orig
+}
+
+// This reads the granular platform constraints (os version, distro, etc).
+// This further constrains the basic runtime.GOOS/GOARCH stuff in getAgentInfo
+// so module authors can publish builds with ABI or SDK dependencies. The
+// list of tags returned by this function is expected to grow.
+func readExtendedPlatformTags() []string {
+	// TODO(APP-6696): CI in multiple environments (alpine + mac), darwin support.
+	tags := make([]string, 0, 3)
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		if body, err := os.Open("/etc/os-release"); err != nil {
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				logging.Global().Errorw("can't open /etc/os-release, modules may not load correctly", "err", err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			defer body.Close() //nolint:errcheck
+			osRelease := parseOsRelease(bufio.NewReader(body))
+			tags = appendPairIfNonempty(tags, "distro", osRelease["ID"])
+			tags = appendPairIfNonempty(tags, "os_version", osRelease["VERSION_ID"])
+			tags = appendPairIfNonempty(tags, "codename", osRelease["VERSION_CODENAME"])
+		}
+	}
+	return tags
+}
+
 func getAgentInfo() (*apppb.AgentInfo, error) {
 	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -70,12 +116,13 @@ func getAgentInfo() (*apppb.AgentInfo, error) {
 	platform := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, arch)
 
 	return &apppb.AgentInfo{
-		Host:        hostname,
-		Ips:         ips,
-		Os:          runtime.GOOS,
-		Version:     Version,
-		GitRevision: GitRevision,
-		Platform:    &platform,
+		Host:         hostname,
+		Ips:          ips,
+		Os:           runtime.GOOS,
+		Version:      Version,
+		GitRevision:  GitRevision,
+		Platform:     &platform,
+		PlatformTags: readExtendedPlatformTags(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/config/reader_test.go b/config/reader_test.go
index 0767f5d9a0e..26ffd2442c7 100644
--- a/config/reader_test.go
+++ b/config/reader_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -394,3 +395,18 @@ func TestReadTLSFromCache(t *testing.T) {
 		test.That(t, err, test.ShouldBeNil)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestReadExtendedPlatformTags(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		t.Skip("skipping platform tags test on non-linux")
+	}
+	tags := readExtendedPlatformTags()
+	test.That(t, len(tags), test.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo, 2)
+}
+
+func TestAppendPairIfNonempty(t *testing.T) {
+	arr := make([]string, 0, 1)
+	arr = appendPairIfNonempty(arr, "x", "y")
+	arr = appendPairIfNonempty(arr, "a", "")
+	test.That(t, arr, test.ShouldResemble, []string{"x:y"})
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f740924dcbc..f16185e369e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	go.viam.com/api v0.1.348
+	go.viam.com/api v0.1.349-0.20241020221202-d70a1c788662
 	go.viam.com/test v1.1.1-0.20220913152726-5da9916c08a2
 	go.viam.com/utils v0.1.106
 	goji.io v2.0.2+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cfecd7db71c..ea55b69dfab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1645,8 +1645,8 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.18.1/go.mod h1:xg/QME4nWcxGxrpdeYfq7UvYrLh66cuVKdrbD1XF/NI=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.23.0/go.mod h1:D+nX8jyLsMHMYrln8A0rJjFt/T/9/bGgIhAqxv5URuY=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
-go.viam.com/api v0.1.348 h1:pLT6UiYaAvt8ckx2KA38MvyBU1s/KoiGn4/vzC/T2uU=
-go.viam.com/api v0.1.348/go.mod h1:5lpVRxMsKFCaahqsnJfPGwJ9baoQ6PIKQu3lxvy6Wtw=
+go.viam.com/api v0.1.349-0.20241020221202-d70a1c788662 h1:XWqxF4TOwCRbhwpicIrBY6DA3Xd6TbPzBDW2EtuG9Wk=
+go.viam.com/api v0.1.349-0.20241020221202-d70a1c788662/go.mod h1:5lpVRxMsKFCaahqsnJfPGwJ9baoQ6PIKQu3lxvy6Wtw=
 go.viam.com/test v1.1.1-0.20220913152726-5da9916c08a2 h1:oBiK580EnEIzgFLU4lHOXmGAE3MxnVbeR7s1wp/F3Ps=
 go.viam.com/test v1.1.1-0.20220913152726-5da9916c08a2/go.mod h1:XM0tej6riszsiNLT16uoyq1YjuYPWlRBweTPRDanIts=
 go.viam.com/utils v0.1.106 h1:LcmVUBBV7ipzl4to4RJ4knj5bVdATU8reO77HNMimdA=