diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 11bc40764784..bebac130b607 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ func validateUser(drvName string) {
 
 // memoryLimits returns the amount of memory allocated to the system and hypervisor, the return value is in MiB
 func memoryLimits(drvName string) (int, int, error) {
-	info, cpuErr, memErr, diskErr := machine.CachedHostInfo()
+	info, cpuErr, memErr, diskErr := machine.LocalHostInfo()
 	if cpuErr != nil {
 		klog.Warningf("could not get system cpu info while verifying memory limits, which might be okay: %v", cpuErr)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go
index 9b39635d52c5..40c5ab47f7e5 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/info.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package machine
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/provision"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/cpu"
@@ -39,8 +41,8 @@ type HostInfo struct {
 	DiskSize int64
 }
 
-// CachedHostInfo returns system information such as memory,CPU, DiskSize
-func CachedHostInfo() (*HostInfo, error, error, error) {
+// LocalHostInfo returns system information such as memory,CPU, DiskSize
+func LocalHostInfo() (*HostInfo, error, error, error) {
 	var cpuErr, memErr, diskErr error
 	i, cpuErr := cachedCPUInfo()
 	if cpuErr != nil {
@@ -63,6 +65,43 @@ func CachedHostInfo() (*HostInfo, error, error, error) {
 	return &info, cpuErr, memErr, diskErr
 }
 
+// RemoteHostInfo returns system information such as memory,CPU, DiskSize
+func RemoteHostInfo(r command.Runner) (*HostInfo, error, error, error) {
+	rr, cpuErr := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("nproc"))
+	if cpuErr != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Unable to get CPU info: %v", cpuErr)
+	}
+	nproc := rr.Stdout.String()
+	ncpus, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(nproc))
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Failed to parse CPU info: %v", err)
+	}
+	rr, memErr := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("free", "-m"))
+	if memErr != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Unable to get mem info: %v", memErr)
+	}
+	free := rr.Stdout.String()
+	memory, err := util.ParseMemFree(free)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Unable to parse mem info: %v", err)
+	}
+	rr, diskErr := r.RunCmd(exec.Command("df", "-m"))
+	if diskErr != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Unable to get disk info: %v", diskErr)
+	}
+	df := rr.Stdout.String()
+	disksize, err := util.ParseDiskFree(df)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("Unable to parse disk info: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var info HostInfo
+	info.CPUs = ncpus
+	info.Memory = memory
+	info.DiskSize = disksize
+	return &info, cpuErr, memErr, diskErr
+}
+
 // showLocalOsRelease shows systemd information about the current linux distribution, on the local host
 func showLocalOsRelease() {
 	osReleaseOut, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/etc/os-release")
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
index 16034e6e0bb8..cb1d74a1844c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ func createHost(api libmachine.API, cfg *config.ClusterConfig, n *config.Node) (
 			See https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/vmware/ for more information.
 			To disable this message, run [minikube config set ShowDriverDeprecationNotification false]`)
 	}
-	showHostInfo(*cfg)
+	if cfg.Driver != driver.Generic {
+		showHostInfo(nil, *cfg)
+	}
 	def := registry.Driver(cfg.Driver)
 	if def.Empty() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported/missing driver: %s", cfg.Driver)
@@ -170,6 +172,9 @@ func createHost(api libmachine.API, cfg *config.ClusterConfig, n *config.Node) (
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating host")
 	}
 	klog.Infof("duration metric: libmachine.API.Create for %q took %s", cfg.Name, time.Since(cstart))
+	if cfg.Driver == driver.Generic {
+		showHostInfo(h, *cfg)
+	}
 
 	if err := postStartSetup(h, *cfg); err != nil {
 		return h, errors.Wrap(err, "post-start")
@@ -321,16 +326,29 @@ func acquireMachinesLock(name string, drv string) (mutex.Releaser, error) {
 }
 
 // showHostInfo shows host information
-func showHostInfo(cfg config.ClusterConfig) {
+func showHostInfo(h *host.Host, cfg config.ClusterConfig) {
 	machineType := driver.MachineType(cfg.Driver)
 	if driver.BareMetal(cfg.Driver) {
-		info, cpuErr, memErr, DiskErr := CachedHostInfo()
+		info, cpuErr, memErr, DiskErr := LocalHostInfo()
 		if cpuErr == nil && memErr == nil && DiskErr == nil {
 			register.Reg.SetStep(register.RunningLocalhost)
 			out.T(style.StartingNone, "Running on localhost (CPUs={{.number_of_cpus}}, Memory={{.memory_size}}MB, Disk={{.disk_size}}MB) ...", out.V{"number_of_cpus": info.CPUs, "memory_size": info.Memory, "disk_size": info.DiskSize})
 		}
 		return
 	}
+	if cfg.Driver == driver.Generic {
+		r, err := CommandRunner(h)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Warningf("error getting command runner: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		info, cpuErr, memErr, DiskErr := RemoteHostInfo(r)
+		if cpuErr == nil && memErr == nil && DiskErr == nil {
+			register.Reg.SetStep(register.RunningRemotely)
+			out.T(style.StartingGeneric, "Running remotely (CPUs={{.number_of_cpus}}, Memory={{.memory_size}}MB, Disk={{.disk_size}}MB) ...", out.V{"number_of_cpus": info.CPUs, "memory_size": info.Memory, "disk_size": info.DiskSize})
+		}
+		return
+	}
 	if driver.IsKIC(cfg.Driver) { // TODO:medyagh add free disk space on docker machine
 		register.Reg.SetStep(register.CreatingContainer)
 		out.T(style.StartingVM, "Creating {{.driver_name}} {{.machine_type}} (CPUs={{.number_of_cpus}}, Memory={{.memory_size}}MB) ...", out.V{"driver_name": cfg.Driver, "number_of_cpus": cfg.CPUs, "memory_size": cfg.Memory, "machine_type": machineType})
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/out/register/register.go b/pkg/minikube/out/register/register.go
index f5e316c1cbfb..1cc7c7de51c5 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/out/register/register.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/out/register/register.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 	DownloadingArtifacts RegStep = "Downloading Artifacts"
 	StartingNode         RegStep = "Starting Node"
 	RunningLocalhost     RegStep = "Running on Localhost"
+	RunningRemotely      RegStep = "Running Remotely"
 	LocalOSRelease       RegStep = "Local OS Release"
 	CreatingContainer    RegStep = "Creating Container"
 	CreatingVM           RegStep = "Creating VM"
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ func init() {
 				LocalOSRelease,
 				CreatingContainer,
 				CreatingVM,
+				RunningRemotely,
 				PreparingKubernetes,
 				ConfiguringLHEnv,
 				VerifyingKubernetes,
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/style/style.go b/pkg/minikube/style/style.go
index cc722796b056..3bcfee946588 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/style/style.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/style/style.go
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ var Config = map[Enum]Options{
 	Resetting:        {Prefix: "🔄  "},
 	Shutdown:         {Prefix: "🛑  "},
 	StartingNone:     {Prefix: "🤹  "},
+	StartingGeneric:  {Prefix: "🔗  "},
 	StartingVM:       {Prefix: "🔥  "},
 	Tip:              {Prefix: "💡  "},
 	Unmount:          {Prefix: "🔥  "},
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/style/style_enum.go b/pkg/minikube/style/style_enum.go
index 6489e1ab3b09..9f2636910ac8 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/style/style_enum.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/style/style_enum.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ const (
 	Shutdown
 	Sparkle
 	StartingNone
+	StartingGeneric
 	StartingVM
 	Stopped
 	Stopping
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils.go b/pkg/util/utils.go
index f5fe5a3b226a..e68d3b93daeb 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
 	units "github.com/docker/go-units"
@@ -62,6 +63,47 @@ func ConvertUnsignedBytesToMB(byteSize uint64) int64 {
 	return int64(byteSize / units.MiB)
 }
 
+// ParseMemFree parses the output of the `free -m` command
+func ParseMemFree(out string) (int64, error) {
+	//             total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
+	//Mem:           1987         706         194           1        1086        1173
+	//Swap:             0           0           0
+	outlines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
+	l := len(outlines)
+	for _, line := range outlines[1 : l-1] {
+		parsedLine := strings.Fields(line)
+		t, err := strconv.ParseInt(parsedLine[1], 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		m := strings.Trim(parsedLine[0], ":")
+		if m == "Mem" {
+			return t, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
+// ParseDiskFree parses the output of the `df -m` command
+func ParseDiskFree(out string) (int64, error) {
+	// Filesystem     1M-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
+	// /dev/sda1          39643  3705     35922  10% /
+	outlines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
+	l := len(outlines)
+	for _, line := range outlines[1 : l-1] {
+		parsedLine := strings.Fields(line)
+		t, err := strconv.ParseInt(parsedLine[1], 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		m := parsedLine[5]
+		if m == "/" {
+			return t, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
 // GetBinaryDownloadURL returns a suitable URL for the platform
 func GetBinaryDownloadURL(version, platform string) string {
 	switch platform {