diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index d4cad64213..2168a03d50 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2692,3 +2692,11 @@ David  5 Mar 2009
         client_types.cpp,h
         cs_scheduler.cpp
         cs_statefile.cpp
+
+David  5 Mar 2009
+    - scheduler: parse and return platform name in anon platform apps.
+        Otherwise, if an app version has a platform different from
+        the client's primary platform, the client won't find it.
+
+    sched/
+        server_types.cpp,h
diff --git a/sched/server_types.cpp b/sched/server_types.cpp
index e53de639ab..d95e386e99 100644
--- a/sched/server_types.cpp
+++ b/sched/server_types.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int CLIENT_APP_VERSION::parse(FILE* f) {
     while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
         if (match_tag(buf, "</app_version>")) return 0;
         if (parse_str(buf, "<app_name>", app_name, 256)) continue;
+        if (parse_str(buf, "<platform>", platform, 256)) continue;
         if (parse_str(buf, "<plan_class>", plan_class, 256)) continue;
         if (parse_int(buf, "<version_num>", version_num)) continue;
         if (parse_double(buf, "<flops>", host_usage.flops)) continue;
@@ -942,9 +943,10 @@ int RESULT::write_to_client(FILE* fout) {
         );
     } else if (cavp) {
         fprintf(fout,
+            "    <platform>%s</platform>\n"
             "    <version_num>%d</version_num>\n"
             "    <plan_class>%s</plan_class>\n",
-            cavp->version_num, cavp->plan_class
+            cavp->platform, cavp->version_num, cavp->plan_class
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/sched/server_types.h b/sched/server_types.h
index 9ba5873fe1..5326909923 100644
--- a/sched/server_types.h
+++ b/sched/server_types.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ struct MSG_FROM_HOST_DESC {
 //
 struct CLIENT_APP_VERSION {
     char app_name[256];
+    char platform[256];
     int version_num;
     char plan_class[256];
     HOST_USAGE host_usage;