diff --git a/src/routes/system.js b/src/routes/system.js
index 10fa76b71..82bfcccf0 100644
--- a/src/routes/system.js
+++ b/src/routes/system.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     getLogStream,
     getSystemGraphs,
     getBlockDevices,
+    getCpus
 };
 
 const assert = require('assert'),
@@ -143,3 +144,10 @@ async function getBlockDevices(req, res, next) {
 
     next(new HttpSuccess(200, { devices }));
 }
+
+async function getCpus(req, res, next) {
+    const [error, cpus] = await safe(system.getCpus());
+    if (error) return next(BoxError.toHttpError(error));
+
+    next(new HttpSuccess(200, { cpus }));
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/test/system-test.js b/src/routes/test/system-test.js
index 62edd69d4..861330f53 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/system-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/system-test.js
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ describe('System', function () {
     before(setup);
     after(cleanup);
 
+    describe('cpus', function () {
+        it('succeeds', async function () {
+            const response = await superagent.get(`${serverUrl}/api/v1/system/cpus`)
+                .query({ access_token: owner.token });
+
+            expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+            expect(response.body.cpus).to.be.ok();
+
+            expect(response.body.cpus.every(c => typeof c.model === 'string')).to.be(true);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('logs', function () {
         before(function () {
             console.log(paths.BOX_LOG_FILE);
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index de4ea39dc..95fb916bb 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ async function initializeExpressSync() {
     router.post('/api/v1/system/reboot',                   json, token, authorizeAdmin, routes.system.reboot);
     router.get ('/api/v1/system/graphs',                         token, authorizeAdmin, routes.system.getSystemGraphs);
     router.get ('/api/v1/system/disks',                          token, authorizeAdmin, routes.system.getDisks);
+    router.get ('/api/v1/system/cpus',                           token, authorizeAdmin, routes.system.getCpus);
     router.get ('/api/v1/system/disk_usage',                     token, authorizeAdmin, routes.system.getDiskUsage);
     router.post('/api/v1/system/disk_usage',                     token, authorizeAdmin, routes.system.updateDiskUsage);
     router.get ('/api/v1/system/block_devices',                  token, authorizeAdmin, routes.system.getBlockDevices);
diff --git a/src/system.js b/src/system.js
index 2ee9a6271..5ba29962c 100644
--- a/src/system.js
+++ b/src/system.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     getLogs,
     getBlockDevices,
     runSystemChecks,
-    getProvider
+    getProvider,
+    getCpus
 };
 
 const apps = require('./apps.js'),
@@ -364,3 +365,7 @@ function getProvider() {
     const provider = safe.fs.readFileSync(paths.PROVIDER_FILE, 'utf8');
     return provider ? provider.trim() : 'generic';
 }
+
+async function getCpus() {
+    return os.cpus();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/system-test.js b/src/test/system-test.js
index 545f0f03e..e1067cd8f 100644
--- a/src/test/system-test.js
+++ b/src/test/system-test.js
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ describe('System', function () {
         expect(memory.swap).to.be.a('number');
     });
 
+    it('can get CPUs', async function () {
+        const cpus = await system.getCpus();
+        expect(cpus).to.be.an(Array);
+        expect(cpus[0].model).to.be.a('string');
+    });
+    
     it('can get diskUsage', async function () {
         const usage = await system.getDiskUsage();
         expect(usage).to.be(null); // nothing cached