diff --git a/helper/hostutil/hostinfo.go b/helper/hostutil/hostinfo.go
index e67c788dc7..116cda7043 100644
--- a/helper/hostutil/hostinfo.go
+++ b/helper/hostutil/hostinfo.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !openbsd
+
 package hostutil
 
 import (
@@ -31,20 +33,6 @@ type HostInfo struct {
 	Memory *mem.VirtualMemoryStat `json:"memory"`
 }
 
-// HostInfoError is a typed error for more convenient error checking.
-type HostInfoError struct {
-	Type string
-	Err  error
-}
-
-func (e *HostInfoError) WrappedErrors() []error {
-	return []error{e.Err}
-}
-
-func (e *HostInfoError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", e.Type, e.Err.Error())
-}
-
 // CollectHostInfo returns information on the host, which includes general
 // host status, CPU, memory, and disk utilization.
 //
diff --git a/helper/hostutil/hostinfo_error.go b/helper/hostutil/hostinfo_error.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca5d8a2941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/hostutil/hostinfo_error.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package hostutil
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// HostInfoError is a typed error for more convenient error checking.
+type HostInfoError struct {
+	Type string
+	Err  error
+}
+
+func (e *HostInfoError) WrappedErrors() []error {
+	return []error{e.Err}
+}
+
+func (e *HostInfoError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", e.Type, e.Err.Error())
+}
diff --git a/helper/hostutil/hostinfo_openbsd.go b/helper/hostutil/hostinfo_openbsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7594f8f896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/hostutil/hostinfo_openbsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// +build openbsd
+
+package hostutil
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type HostInfo struct {
+	Timestamp time.Time     `json:"timestamp"`
+	CPU       []interface{} `json:"cpu"`
+	CPUTimes  []interface{} `json:"cpu_times"`
+	Disk      []interface{} `json:"disk"`
+	Host      interface{}   `json:"host"`
+	Memory    interface{}   `json:"memory"`
+}
+
+func CollectHostInfo() (*HostInfo, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("host info not supported on this platform")
+}