diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3bf3145d4d..602798f547 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/r2d4/external-storage v0.0.0-20171222174501-8c0e8605dc7b
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday v0.0.0-20151117072312-300106c228d5 // indirect
 	github.com/samalba/dockerclient v0.0.0-20160414174713-91d7393ff859 // indirect
+	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v2.18.12+incompatible
 	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v0.0.0-20151028001915-10ef21a441db // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v0.0.0-20160816080757-b28a7effac97 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb9399dd7a..c7af4fd316 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ github.com/russross/blackfriday v0.0.0-20151117072312-300106c228d5 h1:+6eORf9Bt4
 github.com/russross/blackfriday v0.0.0-20151117072312-300106c228d5/go.mod h1:JO/DiYxRf+HjHt06OyowR9PTA263kcR/rfWxYHBV53g=
 github.com/samalba/dockerclient v0.0.0-20160414174713-91d7393ff859 h1:XRl74t6xHKI5EVIjDI5nPlHRq0bHED9/TjQuD8/UMkE=
 github.com/samalba/dockerclient v0.0.0-20160414174713-91d7393ff859/go.mod h1:yeYR4SlaRZJct6lwNRKR+qd0CocnxxWDE7Vh5dxsn/w=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil v2.18.12+incompatible h1:1eaJvGomDnH74/5cF4CTmTbLHAriGFsTZppLXDX93OM=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil v2.18.12+incompatible/go.mod h1:5b4v6he4MtMOwMlS0TUMTu2PcXUg8+E1lC7eC3UO/RA=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v0.0.0-20151028001915-10ef21a441db h1:lrOUn8raSZS/V52c7elGaEyuogqSkEo/Qj2Auo2G1ik=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v0.0.0-20151028001915-10ef21a441db/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.1 h1:GL2rEmy6nsikmW0r8opw9JIRScdMF5hA8cOYLH7In1k=
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index 25bd69fa83..b768922b76 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/cpu"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/disk"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/mem"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	cfg "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/console"
@@ -344,11 +347,21 @@ To disable this message, run [minikube config set ShowDriverDeprecationNotificat
 	}
 }
 
+func megs(bytes uint64) int {
+	return int(bytes / 1024 / 1024)
+}
+
 func createHost(api libmachine.API, config cfg.MachineConfig) (*host.Host, error) {
 	preCreateHost(&config)
 	if config.VMDriver != constants.DriverNone {
 		console.OutStyle(console.StartingVM, "Creating %s VM (CPUs=%d, Memory=%dMB, Disk=%dMB) ...", config.VMDriver, config.CPUs, config.Memory, config.DiskSize)
+	} else {
+		i, _ := cpu.Info()
+		v, _ := mem.VirtualMemory()
+		d, _ := disk.Usage("/")
+		console.OutStyle(console.StartingNone, "Running on localhost (CPUs=%d, Memory=%dMB, Disk=%dMB) ...", len(i), megs(v.Total), megs(d.Total))
 	}
+
 	def, err := registry.Driver(config.VMDriver)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == registry.ErrDriverNotFound {