diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InformationRecord.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InformationRecord.cs
index 499ddfb8f32..93221585e1d 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InformationRecord.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InformationRecord.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using Dbg = System.Management.Automation.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Management.Automation.Language;
 
 #if CORECLR
 using Environment = System.Management.Automation.Environment;
@@ -41,15 +42,6 @@ public InformationRecord(Object messageData, string source)
             this.Source = source;
 
             this.TimeGenerated = DateTime.Now;
-            this.Tags = new List<string>();
-            // domain\user on Windows, just user on Unix
-#if UNIX
-            this.User = Platform.Unix.UserName;
-#else
-            this.User = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;
-#endif
-            this.Computer = PsUtils.GetHostName();
-            this.ProcessId = (uint)System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
             this.NativeThreadId = PsUtils.GetNativeThreadId();
             this.ManagedThreadId = (uint)System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId;
         }
@@ -104,25 +96,64 @@ internal InformationRecord(InformationRecord baseRecord)
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember]
         [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
-        public List<string> Tags { get; internal set; }
+        public List<string> Tags
+        {
+            get { return _tags ?? (_tags = new List<string>()); }
+            internal set { _tags = value; }
+        }
+        private List<string> _tags;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The user that generated this informational record
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember]
-        public string User { get; set; }
+        public string User
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (this._user == null)
+                {
+                    // domain\user on Windows, just user on Unix
+#if UNIX
+                    this._user = Platform.Unix.UserName;
+#else
+                    this._user = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;
+#endif
+                }
+                return _user;
+            }
+            set { _user = value; }
+        }
+        private string _user;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The computer that generated this informational record
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember]
-        public string Computer { get; set; }
+        public string Computer
+        {
+            get { return this._computerName ?? (this._computerName = PsUtils.GetHostName()); }
+            set { this._computerName = value; }
+        }
+        private string _computerName;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The process that generated this informational record
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember]
-        public uint ProcessId { get; set; }
+        public uint ProcessId
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (!this._processId.HasValue)
+                {
+                    this._processId = (uint) System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
+                }
+                return this._processId.Value;
+            }
+            set { _processId = value; }
+        }
+        private uint? _processId;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The native thread that generated this informational record
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1
index e47bc19a3b5..859fb2afc41 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ Describe "Stream writer tests" -Tags "CI" {
            $result = Write-Information "Test Message" *>&1
            $result.GetType().Fullname | Should be "System.Management.Automation.InformationRecord"
            $result.NativeThreadId | Should Not Be 0
+           $result.ProcessId | Should Be $pid
+           if ($IsWindows)
+           {
+               # Use Match instead of Be so we can avoid dealing with a potential domain name
+               $result.Computer | Should Match ".*${env:COMPUTERNAME}"
+               $result.User | Should Match ".*${env:USERNAME}"
+           }
+           else
+           {
+               $result.Computer | Should Be $(uname -n)
+               $result.User | Should Be $(whoami)
+           }
            "$result" | Should be "Test Message"
        }
     }