diff --git a/cgroups/fs/cpu.go b/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
index 2664811..6a7f66c 100644
--- a/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
+++ b/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package fs
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +40,25 @@ func (s *cpuGroup) Remove(d *data) error {
 }
 
 func (s *cpuGroup) Stats(d *data) (map[string]float64, error) {
-	// we can reuse the cpuacct subsystem to get the cpu stats
-	sys := subsystems["cpuacct"]
-	return sys.Stats(d)
+	paramData := make(map[string]float64)
+	path, err := d.path("cpu")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(path, "cpu.stat"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		t, v, err := getCgroupParamKeyValue(sc.Text())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		paramData[t] = v
+	}
+	return paramData, nil
 }
diff --git a/cgroups/fs/cpu_test.go b/cgroups/fs/cpu_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..698ae92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cgroups/fs/cpu_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCpuStats(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("cpu", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+	cpuStatContent := `nr_periods 2000
+	nr_throttled 200
+	throttled_time 42424242424`
+	helper.writeFileContents(map[string]string{
+		"cpu.stat": cpuStatContent,
+	})
+
+	cpu := &cpuGroup{}
+	stats, err := cpu.Stats(helper.CgroupData)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	expected_stats := map[string]float64{
+		"nr_periods":     2000.0,
+		"nr_throttled":   200.0,
+		"throttled_time": 42424242424.0,
+	}
+	expectStats(t, expected_stats, stats)
+}
+
+func TestNoCpuStatFile(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("cpu", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+
+	cpu := &cpuGroup{}
+	_, err := cpu.Stats(helper.CgroupData)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected to fail, but did not.")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInvalidCpuStat(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("cpu", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+	cpuStatContent := `nr_periods 2000
+	nr_throttled 200
+	throttled_time fortytwo`
+	helper.writeFileContents(map[string]string{
+		"cpu.stat": cpuStatContent,
+	})
+
+	cpu := &cpuGroup{}
+	_, err := cpu.Stats(helper.CgroupData)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected failed stat parsing.")
+	}
+}