diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0010ab9..e81d487 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ version = "0.17.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed5909b6e89a2db4456e54cd5f673791d7eca6732202bbf2a9cc504fe2f9b84a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15cdd26707701c53297e2fa6afb323d55fbc1d0810c3aec078ae3ef0424c3c15"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyperfine"
 version = "1.21.0"
@@ -380,12 +386,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap_complete",
  "colored",
  "csv",
+ "humantime",
  "indicatif",
  "insta",
  "insta-cmd",
  "libc",
  "nix",
  "once_cell",
+ "platform-info",
  "predicates",
  "rand 0.10.3",
  "rust_decimal",
@@ -531,6 +539,16 @@ version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "platform-info"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba7c3f5af00d3596a148cc80178ac690152b71c283d15a8bcea0cddfea759a36"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.15.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e0e33e0..8a6e7d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ shell-words = "1.1"
 thiserror = "2.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 uom = { version = "0.36.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "si", "f64"] }
+humantime = "2"
+platform-info = "2.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/export/json.rs b/src/export/json.rs
index eb4a8ce..31a01ee 100644
--- a/src/export/json.rs
+++ b/src/export/json.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ use crate::quantity::TimeUnit;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 
+mod metadata;
+use metadata::Metadata;
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
 struct HyperfineSummary<'a> {
-    schema_version: u32,
+    metadata: &'a Metadata,
     results: &'a [BenchmarkResult],
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
-pub struct JsonExporter {}
+pub struct JsonExporter {
+    metadata: Metadata,
+}
 
 impl Exporter for JsonExporter {
     fn serialize(
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ impl Exporter for JsonExporter {
         _reference_index: Option<usize>,
     ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut output = to_vec_pretty(&HyperfineSummary {
-            schema_version: 2,
+            metadata: &self.metadata,
             results,
         });
         if let Ok(ref mut content) = output {
@@ -62,12 +67,19 @@ fn test_json_optional_memory() {
             }]),
             ..BenchmarkResult::default()
         };
-        let output = JsonExporter::default()
+        let mut exporter = JsonExporter::default();
+        exporter.metadata.start_time = Some("2000-02-29T12:34:56Z".to_owned());
+        let output = exporter
             .serialize(&[result], None, SortOrder::Command, None)
             .unwrap();
         let actual: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&output).unwrap();
         let mut expected = json!({
-            "schema_version": 2,
+            "metadata": {
+                "json_schema_version": metadata::JSON_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+                "hyperfine_version": env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+                "start_time": "2000-02-29T12:34:56Z",
+                "platform": exporter.metadata.platform
+            },
             "results": [{
                 "command": "example",
                 "measurements": [{
diff --git a/src/export/json/metadata.rs b/src/export/json/metadata.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec87f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/export/json/metadata.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+pub(super) const JSON_SCHEMA_VERSION: u32 = 2;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub(super) struct Metadata {
+    json_schema_version: u32,
+    hyperfine_version: &'static str,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub start_time: Option<String>,
+    pub platform: Platform,
+}
+
+impl Default for Metadata {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            json_schema_version: JSON_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+            hyperfine_version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+            start_time: utc_now(),
+            platform: Platform::detect(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn utc_now() -> Option<String> {
+    use std::{fmt::Write, time::SystemTime};
+
+    let now = SystemTime::now();
+    now.duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH).ok()?;
+    let mut timestamp = String::new();
+    write!(&mut timestamp, "{}", humantime::format_rfc3339_seconds(now)).ok()?;
+    Some(timestamp)
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize)]
+pub(super) struct Platform {
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    os: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    architecture: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Platform {
+    fn detect() -> Self {
+        use platform_info::{PlatformInfo, PlatformInfoAPI, UNameAPI};
+
+        let Ok(info) = PlatformInfo::new() else {
+            return Self::default();
+        };
+        Self {
+            os: Some(info.sysname().to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
+            architecture: Some(info.machine().to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unavailable_platform_fields_are_omitted() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::to_value(Platform::default()).unwrap(),
+        serde_json::json!({})
+    );
+}