diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 51648b8ff..bb7495ce1 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 - Added option --markov-inverse to inverse markov statistics, with the idea of reversing the order of the password candidates
 - Added temperature watchdog and fanspeed readings for CPU and GPU on macOS using iokit
-- Added temperature watchdog for CPU on linux using sysfs
+- Added temperature watchdog and utilization for CPU on linux using sysfs and procfs
 
 ##
 ## Bugs
diff --git a/include/ext_sysfs_cpu.h b/include/ext_sysfs_cpu.h
index 06d0f744d..ca15f83f9 100644
--- a/include/ext_sysfs_cpu.h
+++ b/include/ext_sysfs_cpu.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ static const char SENSOR_K10TEMP[]  = "k10temp";
 static const char SENSOR_K8TEMP[]   = "k8temp";
 static const char SENSOR_ACPITZ[]   = "acpitz";
 
+static const char PROC_STAT[] = "/proc/stat";
+
 typedef int HM_ADAPTER_SYSFS_CPU;
 
 typedef void *SYSFS_CPU_LIB;
@@ -27,6 +29,21 @@ typedef struct hm_sysfs_cpu_lib
 
 } hm_sysfs_cpu_lib_t;
 
+typedef struct
+{
+  unsigned long user;
+  unsigned long nice;
+  unsigned long system;
+  unsigned long idle;
+  unsigned long iowait;
+  unsigned long irq;
+  unsigned long softirq;
+  unsigned long steal;
+  unsigned long guest;
+  unsigned long guest_nice;
+
+} proc_stat_t;
+
 typedef hm_sysfs_cpu_lib_t SYSFS_CPU_PTR;
 
 bool sysfs_cpu_init (void *hashcat_ctx);
@@ -34,4 +51,7 @@ void sysfs_cpu_close (void *hashcat_ctx);
 char *hm_SYSFS_CPU_get_syspath_hwmon ();
 int hm_SYSFS_CPU_get_temperature_current (void *hashcat_ctx, int *val);
 
+bool read_proc_stat (void *hashcat_ctx, proc_stat_t *proc_stat);
+int hm_SYSFS_CPU_get_utilization_current (void *hashcat_ctx, int *val);
+
 #endif // _EXT_SYSFS_CPU_H
diff --git a/src/ext_sysfs_cpu.c b/src/ext_sysfs_cpu.c
index c03507ca8..ddfd5d4d4 100644
--- a/src/ext_sysfs_cpu.c
+++ b/src/ext_sysfs_cpu.c
@@ -132,3 +132,81 @@ int hm_SYSFS_CPU_get_temperature_current (void *hashcat_ctx, int *val)
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+bool read_proc_stat (void *hashcat_ctx, proc_stat_t *proc_stat)
+{
+  FILE *fd = fopen (PROC_STAT, "r");
+
+  if (fd == NULL) return false;
+
+  const int e = fscanf (fd, "cpu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu\n",
+     &proc_stat->user,
+     &proc_stat->nice,
+     &proc_stat->system,
+     &proc_stat->idle,
+     &proc_stat->iowait,
+     &proc_stat->irq,
+     &proc_stat->softirq,
+     &proc_stat->steal,
+     &proc_stat->guest,
+     &proc_stat->guest_nice);
+
+  fclose (fd);
+
+  if (e != 10)
+  {
+    event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "%s: unexpected data.", PROC_STAT);
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+int hm_SYSFS_CPU_get_utilization_current (void *hashcat_ctx, int *val)
+{
+  static proc_stat_t prev;
+
+  proc_stat_t cur;
+
+  if (read_proc_stat (hashcat_ctx, &cur) == false) return false;
+
+  unsigned long prev_idle = prev.idle
+                          + prev.iowait;
+
+  unsigned long prev_load = prev.user
+                          + prev.nice
+                          + prev.system
+                          + prev.irq
+                          + prev.softirq;
+
+  unsigned long prev_total = prev_idle + prev_load;
+
+
+  unsigned long cur_idle = cur.idle
+                         + cur.iowait;
+
+  unsigned long cur_load = cur.user
+                         + cur.nice
+                         + cur.system
+                         + cur.irq
+                         + cur.softirq;
+
+  unsigned long cur_total = cur_idle + cur_load;
+
+  memcpy (&prev, &cur, sizeof (prev));
+
+  unsigned long rem_total = cur_total - prev_total;
+  unsigned long rem_idle  = cur_idle  - prev_idle;
+
+  if (rem_total)
+  {
+    const double cpu_percentage = ((double) (rem_total - rem_idle) / (double) rem_total) * 100;
+
+    *val = (int) cpu_percentage;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/hwmon.c b/src/hwmon.c
index 463e8c654..bc95f9515 100644
--- a/src/hwmon.c
+++ b/src/hwmon.c
@@ -750,6 +750,23 @@ int hm_get_utilization_with_devices_idx (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, const int b
         }
       }
     }
+
+    if (backend_ctx->devices_param[backend_device_idx].opencl_device_type & CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU)
+    {
+      if (hwmon_ctx->hm_sysfs_cpu)
+      {
+        int utilization = 0;
+
+        if (hm_SYSFS_CPU_get_utilization_current (hashcat_ctx, &utilization) == -1)
+        {
+          hwmon_ctx->hm_device[backend_device_idx].utilization_get_supported = false;
+
+          return -1;
+        }
+
+        return utilization;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   hwmon_ctx->hm_device[backend_device_idx].utilization_get_supported = false;
@@ -1482,7 +1499,7 @@ int hwmon_ctx_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
             hm_adapters_sysfs_cpu[device_id].fanpolicy_get_supported   = false;
             hm_adapters_sysfs_cpu[device_id].memoryspeed_get_supported = false;
             hm_adapters_sysfs_cpu[device_id].temperature_get_supported = true;
-            hm_adapters_sysfs_cpu[device_id].utilization_get_supported = false;
+            hm_adapters_sysfs_cpu[device_id].utilization_get_supported = true;
           }
         }
       }