diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm/Platform.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm/Platform.java
index 5d99b942..a27f431c 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm/Platform.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm/Platform.java
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ abstract public class Platform {
         
         return vm;
     }
+
+    /** Get the name of the platform 
+     */
+    abstract public String getName();
     
     /**
      * Return an InputStream or null if not found for a particular file name.
diff --git a/src/j2me/org/luaj/platform/J2meMidp10Cldc10Platform.java b/src/j2me/org/luaj/platform/J2meMidp10Cldc10Platform.java
index 168da932..a69a0c72 100644
--- a/src/j2me/org/luaj/platform/J2meMidp10Cldc10Platform.java
+++ b/src/j2me/org/luaj/platform/J2meMidp10Cldc10Platform.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import org.luaj.vm.Platform;
 public class J2meMidp10Cldc10Platform extends Platform {
     protected MIDlet midlet;
     
+	public String getName() {
+		return "j2me";
+	}
+	
     public J2meMidp10Cldc10Platform(MIDlet midlet) {
         this.midlet = midlet;
     }
diff --git a/src/j2se/org/luaj/platform/J2sePlatform.java b/src/j2se/org/luaj/platform/J2sePlatform.java
index a13ac910..0f023bcc 100644
--- a/src/j2se/org/luaj/platform/J2sePlatform.java
+++ b/src/j2se/org/luaj/platform/J2sePlatform.java
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ import org.luaj.vm.LuaState;
 import org.luaj.vm.Platform;
 
 public class J2sePlatform extends Platform {
+	
+	public String getName() {
+		return "j2se";
+	}
+	
     public Reader createReader(InputStream inputStream) {
         return new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
-    }
-
+    }    
+    
     public DebugNetSupport getDebugSupport() throws IOException {
         DebugNetSupport debugNetSupport = new DebugSupportImpl(getDebugPort());
         return debugNetSupport;
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index ea847546..f8be78fe 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: 0.37
+version: 0.38