diff --git a/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go b/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
index 5a9db26c..2b6d2f04 100644
--- a/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
+++ b/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func generateConfig(isAutoconf bool) *nodeConfig {
 	cfg.SessionFirewall.AllowFromDirect = true
 	cfg.SessionFirewall.AllowFromRemote = true
 	cfg.SwitchOptions.MaxTotalQueueSize = yggdrasil.SwitchQueueTotalMinSize
+	cfg.NodeInfoPrivacy = false
 
 	return &cfg
 }
diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index b5a1f890..192f435f 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 	SessionFirewall             SessionFirewall        `comment:"The session firewall controls who can send/receive network traffic\nto/from. This is useful if you want to protect this node without\nresorting to using a real firewall. This does not affect traffic\nbeing routed via this node to somewhere else. Rules are prioritised as\nfollows: blacklist, whitelist, always allow outgoing, direct, remote."`
 	TunnelRouting               TunnelRouting          `comment:"Allow tunneling non-Yggdrasil traffic over Yggdrasil. This effectively\nallows you to use Yggdrasil to route to, or to bridge other networks,\nsimilar to a VPN tunnel. Tunnelling works between any two nodes and\ndoes not require them to be directly peered."`
 	SwitchOptions               SwitchOptions          `comment:"Advanced options for tuning the switch. Normally you will not need\nto edit these options."`
+	NodeInfoPrivacy             bool                   `comment:"By default, nodeinfo contains some defaults including the platform,\narchitecture and Yggdrasil version. These can help when surveying\nthe network and diagnosing network routing problems. Enabling\nnodeinfo privacy prevents this, so that only items specified in\n\"NodeInfo\" are sent back if specified."`
 	NodeInfo                    map[string]interface{} `comment:"Optional node info. This must be a { \"key\": \"value\", ... } map\nor set as null. This is entirely optional but, if set, is visible\nto the whole network on request."`
 	//Net                         NetConfig `comment:"Extended options for connecting to peers over other networks."`
 }
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/core.go b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
index 99330e12..e38274fa 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/core.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (c *Core) Start(nc *config.NodeConfig, log *log.Logger) error {
 	c.admin.init(c, nc.AdminListen)
 
 	c.nodeinfo.init(c)
-	c.nodeinfo.setNodeInfo(nc.NodeInfo)
+	c.nodeinfo.setNodeInfo(nc.NodeInfo, nc.NodeInfoPrivacy)
 
 	if err := c.tcp.init(c, nc.Listen, nc.ReadTimeout); err != nil {
 		c.log.Println("Failed to start TCP interface")
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ func (c *Core) GetNodeInfo() nodeinfoPayload {
 }
 
 // Sets the nodeinfo.
-func (c *Core) SetNodeInfo(nodeinfo interface{}) {
-	c.nodeinfo.setNodeInfo(nodeinfo)
+func (c *Core) SetNodeInfo(nodeinfo interface{}, nodeinfoprivacy bool) {
+	c.nodeinfo.setNodeInfo(nodeinfo, nodeinfoprivacy)
 }
 
 // Sets the output logger of the Yggdrasil node after startup. This may be
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go b/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go
index f525beca..b9076328 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/nodeinfo.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -96,18 +97,27 @@ func (m *nodeinfo) getNodeInfo() nodeinfoPayload {
 }
 
 // Set the current node's nodeinfo
-func (m *nodeinfo) setNodeInfo(given interface{}) error {
+func (m *nodeinfo) setNodeInfo(given interface{}, privacy bool) error {
 	m.myNodeInfoMutex.Lock()
 	defer m.myNodeInfoMutex.Unlock()
-	newnodeinfo := map[string]interface{}{
+	defaults := map[string]interface{}{
 		"buildname":     GetBuildName(),
 		"buildversion":  GetBuildVersion(),
 		"buildplatform": runtime.GOOS,
 		"buildarch":     runtime.GOARCH,
 	}
+	newnodeinfo := make(map[string]interface{})
+	if !privacy {
+		for k, v := range defaults {
+			newnodeinfo[k] = v
+		}
+	}
 	if nodeinfomap, ok := given.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
 		for key, value := range nodeinfomap {
-			if _, ok := newnodeinfo[key]; ok {
+			if _, ok := defaults[key]; ok {
+				if strvalue, strok := value.(string); strok && strings.EqualFold(strvalue, "null") || value == nil {
+					delete(newnodeinfo, key)
+				}
 				continue
 			}
 			newnodeinfo[key] = value