diff --git a/hotsos/core/plugins/kernel/common.py b/hotsos/core/plugins/kernel/common.py
index 8c3e29da2..692be417b 100644
--- a/hotsos/core/plugins/kernel/common.py
+++ b/hotsos/core/plugins/kernel/common.py
@@ -1,10 +1,46 @@
 import os
 import re
 from functools import cached_property
+from datetime import datetime
 
+from hotsos.core.host_helpers.cli import CLIHelper
 from hotsos.core import host_helpers, plugintools
 from hotsos.core.config import HotSOSConfig
+from hotsos.core.log import log
 from hotsos.core.plugins.kernel.config import KernelConfig
+from hotsos.core.plugins.system import SystemBase
+
+
+# NOTE(dosaboy): when updating this, refer to the kernel supported versions
+# page: https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle#ubuntu-kernel-release-cycle
+KERNEL_EOL_INFO = {
+    '5.19': 
+        {'22.04.5': datetime(2027, 4, 30),
+         '20.04.0': datetime(2025, 4, 30)},
+    '5.13': 
+        {'21.10': datetime(2022, 6, 30),
+         '20.04.4': datetime(2022, 6, 30)},
+    '5.11': 
+        {'21.04': datetime(2022, 1, 30),
+         '20.04.3': datetime(2022, 1, 30)},
+    '5.8': 
+        {'20.10': datetime(2021, 6, 30),
+         '20.04.2': datetime(2021, 6, 30),
+         '18.04.5': datetime(2028, 4, 30),
+         '20.04.1': datetime(2030, 4, 30),
+         '20.04.0': datetime(2030, 4, 30)},
+    '4.15': 
+        {'16.04.5': datetime(2021, 4, 30),
+         '18.04.1': datetime(2023, 4, 30),
+         '18.04.0': datetime(2023, 4, 30)},
+    '4.4': 
+        {'16.04.1': datetime(2021, 4, 30),
+         '16.04.0': datetime(2021, 4, 30),
+         '14.04.5': datetime(2019, 4, 30)},
+    '3.13': 
+        {'14.04.1': datetime(2019, 4, 30),
+         '14.04.1': datetime(2019, 4, 30)},
+}
 
 
 class KernelBase(object):
@@ -18,7 +54,38 @@ def version(self):
             if ret:
                 return ret[1]
 
-        return ""
+        return ''
+
+    @cached_property
+    def days_to_eol(self):
+        if self.version == '':
+            log.warning("kernel version could not be determined.")
+            return
+
+        ret = re.match('(\d{1,2}.\d{1,2}).\d{1,2}\S+', self.version)
+        if not ret:
+            log.warning("unable to determine eol info for kernel "
+                        "version '%s' - could not extract version",
+                        self.version)
+            return
+
+        eol = KERNEL_EOL_INFO.get(ret.group(1))
+        if eol is None:
+            log.warning("unable to determine eol info for kernel "
+                        "version '%s' (%s)", self.version, ret.group(1))
+            return
+
+        os_version = SystemBase().os_version
+        eol = eol.get(os_version)
+        if eol is None:
+            log.warning("unable to determine eol info for kernel "
+                        "version '%s' and os version '%s'", self.version,
+                        os_version)
+            return
+
+        today = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(int(CLIHelper().date()))
+        delta = (eol - today).days
+        return delta
 
     @cached_property
     def isolcpus_enabled(self):
diff --git a/hotsos/core/plugins/system/system.py b/hotsos/core/plugins/system/system.py
index c7665be2e..499c46267 100644
--- a/hotsos/core/plugins/system/system.py
+++ b/hotsos/core/plugins/system/system.py
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ def os_release_name(self):
                     if ret:
                         return "ubuntu {}".format(ret[1])
 
+    @cached_property
+    def os_version(self):
+        data_source = os.path.join(HotSOSConfig.data_root, "etc/lsb-release")
+        if os.path.exists(data_source):
+            for line in open(data_source).read().split():
+                ret = re.compile(r"^DISTRIB_RELEASE=(.+)").match(line)
+                if ret:
+                    return ret[1]
+
     @cached_property
     def virtualisation_type(self):
         """
diff --git a/hotsos/defs/scenarios/kernel/eol.yaml b/hotsos/defs/scenarios/kernel/eol.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddf42665c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hotsos/defs/scenarios/kernel/eol.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+checks:
+  is_eol:
+    property:
+      path: hotsos.core.plugins.kernel.KernelBase.days_to_eol
+      ops: [[le, 0]]
+conclusions:
+  is-eol:
+    decision: is_eol
+    raises:
+      type: KernelWarning
+      message: >-
+        This node is running a kernel version that is End of Life (release={version})
+        which means it has limited support and is likely not receiving updates
+        anymore. Please consider upgrading to a newer release.
+      format-dict:
+        version: hotsos.core.plugins.kernel.KernelBase.version
diff --git a/hotsos/defs/tests/scenarios/kernel/eol.yaml b/hotsos/defs/tests/scenarios/kernel/eol.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d07c8500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hotsos/defs/tests/scenarios/kernel/eol.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+data-root:
+  files:
+    sos_commands/kernel/uname_-a: |
+      Linux compute4 4.15.0-97-generic #110-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 13 18:22:13 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+  copy-from-original:
+    - etc/lsb-release
+raised-issues:
+  KernelWarning: >-
+    This node is running a kernel version that is End of Life
+    (version=3.4.0) which means it has limited support and is
+    likely not receiving updates anymore. Please consider upgrading
+    to a newer release.