diff --git a/sysinfo/sysinfo.go b/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
index 3adaa94..cbd0099 100644
--- a/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
+++ b/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type SysInfo struct {
 	cgroupCPUInfo
 	cgroupBlkioInfo
 	cgroupCpusetInfo
+	cgroupPids
 
 	// Whether IPv4 forwarding is supported or not, if this was disabled, networking will not work
 	IPv4ForwardingDisabled bool
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ type cgroupCpusetInfo struct {
 	Mems string
 }
 
+type cgroupPids struct {
+	// Whether Pids Limit is supported or not
+	PidsLimit bool
+}
+
 // IsCpusetCpusAvailable returns `true` if the provided string set is contained
 // in cgroup's cpuset.cpus set, `false` otherwise.
 // If error is not nil a parsing error occurred.
diff --git a/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go b/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
index 7f584bb..41fb0d2 100644
--- a/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
+++ b/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func New(quiet bool) *SysInfo {
 		sysInfo.cgroupCPUInfo = checkCgroupCPU(cgMounts, quiet)
 		sysInfo.cgroupBlkioInfo = checkCgroupBlkioInfo(cgMounts, quiet)
 		sysInfo.cgroupCpusetInfo = checkCgroupCpusetInfo(cgMounts, quiet)
+		sysInfo.cgroupPids = checkCgroupPids(quiet)
 	}
 
 	_, ok := cgMounts["devices"]
@@ -216,6 +217,21 @@ func checkCgroupCpusetInfo(cgMounts map[string]string, quiet bool) cgroupCpusetI
 	}
 }
 
+// checkCgroupPids reads the pids information from the pids cgroup mount point.
+func checkCgroupPids(quiet bool) cgroupPids {
+	_, err := cgroups.FindCgroupMountpoint("pids")
+	if err != nil {
+		if !quiet {
+			logrus.Warn(err)
+		}
+		return cgroupPids{}
+	}
+
+	return cgroupPids{
+		PidsLimit: true,
+	}
+}
+
 func cgroupEnabled(mountPoint, name string) bool {
 	_, err := os.Stat(path.Join(mountPoint, name))
 	return err == nil