diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/trace/TraceRecord.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/trace/TraceRecord.groovy
index 96e0f372c7..6fab169ac7 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/trace/TraceRecord.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/trace/TraceRecord.groovy
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class TraceRecord implements Serializable {
             syscw:      'num',      // -- /proc/$pid/io
             read_bytes: 'mem',      // -- /proc/$pid/io
             write_bytes:'mem',      // -- /proc/$pid/io
+            cpu_model:  'str',      // -- /proc/cpuinfo field 'model name'
             attempt:    'num',
             workdir:    'str',
             script:     'str',
@@ -448,6 +449,10 @@ class TraceRecord implements Serializable {
                     this.put(name, val)
                     break
 
+                case 'cpu_model':
+                    this.put(name, value)
+                    break
+
                 default:
                     def val = parseLong(value, file, name)
                     this.put(name, val)
diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/resources/nextflow/executor/command-trace.txt b/modules/nextflow/src/main/resources/nextflow/executor/command-trace.txt
index 9cf1292962..eafb4a4eef 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/resources/nextflow/executor/command-trace.txt
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/resources/nextflow/executor/command-trace.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ nxf_trace_linux() {
     ##  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27508531/calculate-cpu-per-process/27514562##27514562
     ##  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16726779/how-do-i-get-the-total-cpu-usage-of-an-application-from-proc-pid-stat
     local num_cpus=$(< /proc/cpuinfo grep '^processor' -c)
+    local cpu_model=$(< /proc/cpuinfo grep '^model name' | head -n 1 | awk 'BEGIN{FS="\t: "} { print $2 }')
     local tot_time0=$(grep '^cpu ' /proc/stat | awk '{sum=$2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9; printf "%.0f",sum}')
     local cpu_time0=$(2> /dev/null < /proc/$pid/stat awk '{printf "%.0f", ($16+$17)*10 }' || echo -n 'X')
     local io_stat0=($(2> /dev/null < /proc/$pid/io sed 's/^.*:\s*//' | head -n 6 | tr '\n' ' ' || echo -n '0 0 0 0 0 0'))
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ nxf_trace_linux() {
     echo "nextflow.trace/v2"           > $trace_file
     echo "realtime=$wall_time"         >> $trace_file
     echo "%cpu=$ucpu"                  >> $trace_file
+    echo "cpu_model=$cpu_model"        >> $trace_file
     echo "rchar=${io_stat1[0]}"        >> $trace_file
     echo "wchar=${io_stat1[1]}"        >> $trace_file
     echo "syscr=${io_stat1[2]}"        >> $trace_file