diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc
index c81a4ed856585..81dd67de1a901 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
 #include "atom/browser/ui/cocoa/atom_bundle_mover.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -874,6 +875,55 @@ std::string App::GetLocale() {
   return g_browser_process->GetApplicationLocale();
 }
 
+std::string App::GetRegion() {
+  std::string region;
+
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+  WCHAR locale_name[LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
+
+  if (
+    GetLocaleInfoEx(LOCALE_NAME_USER_DEFAULT,
+                      LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME,
+                      (LPWSTR)&locale_name,
+                      sizeof(locale_name) / sizeof(WCHAR))
+                      ||
+    GetLocaleInfoEx(LOCALE_NAME_SYSTEM_DEFAULT,
+                      LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME,
+                      (LPWSTR)&locale_name,
+                      sizeof(locale_name) / sizeof(WCHAR))) {
+    char tmp[wcslen(locale_name) * 4];
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, locale_name, -1, tmp, sizeof(locale_name), NULL, NULL);
+    region = tmp;
+  }
+#elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
+  auto locale = CFLocaleCopyCurrent();
+  auto value = CFStringRef(static_cast<CFTypeRef>(CFLocaleGetValue(locale, kCFLocaleCountryCode)));
+  const CFIndex kCStringSize = 128;
+  char temporaryCString[kCStringSize];
+  bzero(temporaryCString,kCStringSize);
+  CFStringGetCString(value, temporaryCString, kCStringSize, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+  region = temporaryCString;
+#else
+  std::string locale = setlocale(LC_TIME, NULL);
+  if (locale.empty())
+    locale = setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, NULL);
+
+  if (!locale.empty()) {
+    std::string::size_type rpos = locale.rfind('.');
+    if (rpos != std::string::npos)
+      locale = locale.substr(0, locale.rfind('.'));
+
+    rpos = locale.rfind('_');
+    if (rpos != std::string::npos && region.size() > rpos)
+      region = locale.substr(rpos + 1, 2);
+  }
+#endif
+  if (!region.empty() && region.size() == 2)
+    return region;
+
+  return "";
+}
+
 void App::OnSecondInstance(const base::CommandLine::StringVector& cmd,
                            const base::FilePath& cwd) {
   Emit("second-instance", cmd, cwd);
@@ -1288,6 +1338,7 @@ void App::BuildPrototype(v8::Isolate* isolate,
       .SetMethod("getPath", &App::GetPath)
       .SetMethod("setDesktopName", &App::SetDesktopName)
       .SetMethod("getLocale", &App::GetLocale)
+      .SetMethod("getRegion", &App::GetRegion)
 #if defined(USE_NSS_CERTS)
       .SetMethod("importCertificate", &App::ImportCertificate)
 #endif
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h
index 2e775a6c00448..ce6d26d8a87d1 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class App : public AtomBrowserClient::Delegate,
 
   void SetDesktopName(const std::string& desktop_name);
   std::string GetLocale();
+  std::string GetRegion();
   void OnSecondInstance(const base::CommandLine::StringVector& cmd,
                         const base::FilePath& cwd);
   bool HasSingleInstanceLock() const;
diff --git a/docs/api/app.md b/docs/api/app.md
index e4ac418a7cf5b..cc9345adebba9 100644
--- a/docs/api/app.md
+++ b/docs/api/app.md
@@ -580,6 +580,10 @@ To set the locale, you'll want to use a command line switch at app startup, whic
 
 **Note:** On Windows you have to call it after the `ready` events gets emitted.
 
+### `app.getRegion()` _macOS_ _Linux_ _Windows_
+Returns `String` - User operating system region in ISO3166 [here](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html). The value is taken from OS apis.
+**Note:** When unable to detect region, it returns empty string.
+
 ### `app.addRecentDocument(path)` _macOS_ _Windows_
 
 * `path` String