diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index c11dce9010..6dd7d05e7e 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ public class MavenCli
 {
     public static final String LOCAL_REPO_PROPERTY = "maven.repo.local";
 
+    /** @deprecated use {@link CLIReportingUtils#OS_NAME} */
+    public static final String OS_NAME = CLIReportingUtils.OS_NAME;
+
+    /** @deprecated use {@link CLIReportingUtils#OS_ARCH} */
+    public static final String OS_ARCH = CLIReportingUtils.OS_ARCH;
+
+    /** @deprecated use {@link CLIReportingUtils#OS_VERSION} */
+    public static final String OS_VERSION = CLIReportingUtils.OS_VERSION;
+
     public static void main( String[] args )
     {
         ClassWorld classWorld = new ClassWorld( "plexus.core", Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() );