diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 037e9dfd9..f3c96e9b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(LINUX OR BSD)
     list(APPEND LIBFASTFETCH_SRC
+        src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_linux.c
         src/detection/host/host_linux.c
         src/detection/os/os_linux.c
         src/detection/gpu/gpu_linux.c
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
     list(APPEND LIBFASTFETCH_SRC
+        src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_apple.c
         src/util/apple/cf_helpers.c
         src/util/apple/osascript.m
         src/detection/host/host_apple.c
@@ -295,6 +297,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(ANDROID)
     list(APPEND LIBFASTFETCH_SRC
+        src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_linux.c
         src/detection/host/host_android.c
         src/detection/os/os_android.c
         src/detection/gpu/gpu_android.c
diff --git a/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage.h b/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..577d2a374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#ifndef FF_INCLUDED_detection_cpu_cpuUsage
+#define FF_INCLUDED_detection_cpu_cpuUsage
+
+const char* ffGetCpuUsagePercent(double* result);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_apple.c b/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_apple.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49f1d34c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_apple.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "fastfetch.h"
+#include "cpuUsage.h"
+
+#include <mach/processor_info.h>
+#include <mach/mach_host.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static const char* getCpuUsageInfo(long* inUseAll, long* totalAll)
+{
+    natural_t numCPUs = 0U;
+    processor_info_array_t cpuInfo;
+    mach_msg_type_number_t numCpuInfo;
+
+    if (host_processor_info(mach_host_self(), PROCESSOR_CPU_LOAD_INFO, &numCPUs, &cpuInfo, &numCpuInfo) != KERN_SUCCESS)
+        return "host_processor_info() failed";
+    if (numCPUs * CPU_STATE_MAX != numCpuInfo)
+        return "Unexpected host_processor_info() result";
+
+    for (natural_t i = 0U; i < numCPUs; ++i) {
+        integer_t inUse = cpuInfo[CPU_STATE_MAX * i + CPU_STATE_USER]
+            + cpuInfo[CPU_STATE_MAX * i + CPU_STATE_SYSTEM]
+            + cpuInfo[CPU_STATE_MAX * i + CPU_STATE_NICE];
+        integer_t total = inUse + cpuInfo[CPU_STATE_MAX * i + CPU_STATE_IDLE];
+        *inUseAll += inUse;
+        *totalAll += total;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+const char* ffGetCpuUsagePercent(double* result)
+{
+    long inUseAll1 = 0, totalAll1 = 0;
+    const char* error = getCpuUsageInfo(&inUseAll1, &totalAll1);
+    if(error)
+        return error;
+
+    sleep(1);
+
+    long inUseAll2 = 0, totalAll2 = 0;
+    error = getCpuUsageInfo(&inUseAll2, &totalAll2);
+    if(error)
+        return error;
+
+    *result = (double)(inUseAll2 - inUseAll1) / (double)(totalAll2 - totalAll1) * 100;
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_linux.c b/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_linux.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..499759a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage_linux.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "fastfetch.h"
+#include "cpuUsage.h"
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static const char* getCpuUsageInfo(FILE* procStat, long* inUseAll, long* totalAll)
+{
+    long user, nice, system, idle, iowait, irq, softirq;
+
+    if (fscanf(procStat, "cpu%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld", &user, &nice, &system, &idle, &iowait, &irq, &softirq) < 0)
+    {
+        fclose(procStat);
+        return "fscanf() failed";
+    }
+    *inUseAll = user + nice + system;
+    *totalAll = *inUseAll + idle + iowait + irq + softirq;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+const char* ffGetCpuUsagePercent(double* result)
+{
+    FILE* procStat = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
+    if(procStat == NULL)
+        return "fopen(\"""/proc/stat\", \"r\") == NULL";
+
+    const char* error = NULL;
+    long inUseAll1 = 0, totalAll1 = 0;
+    error = getCpuUsageInfo(procStat, &inUseAll1, &totalAll1);
+    if(error)
+        goto exit;
+
+    sleep(1);
+    rewind(procStat);
+
+    long inUseAll2 = 0, totalAll2 = 0;
+    error = getCpuUsageInfo(procStat, &inUseAll2, &totalAll2);
+    if(error)
+        goto exit;
+
+    *result = (double)(inUseAll2 - inUseAll1) / (double)(totalAll2 - totalAll1) * 100;
+
+exit:
+    fclose(procStat);
+    return error;
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/cpuUsage.c b/src/modules/cpuUsage.c
index c4b56873d..fe655af99 100644
--- a/src/modules/cpuUsage.c
+++ b/src/modules/cpuUsage.c
@@ -1,35 +1,20 @@
 #include "fastfetch.h"
 #include "common/printing.h"
-
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include "detection/cpuUsage/cpuUsage.h"
 
 #define FF_CPU_USAGE_MODULE_NAME "CPU Usage"
 #define FF_CPU_USAGE_NUM_FORMAT_ARGS 1
 
 void ffPrintCPUUsage(FFinstance* instance)
 {
-    long user, nice, system, idle, iowait, irq, softirq;
-    FILE* procStat = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
-    if(procStat == NULL)
+    double cpuPercent = 0;
+    const char* error = ffGetCpuUsagePercent(&cpuPercent);
+
+    if(error)
     {
-        ffPrintError(instance, FF_CPU_USAGE_MODULE_NAME, 0, &instance->config.cpu, "fopen(\"""/proc/stat\", \"r\") == NULL");
+        ffPrintError(instance, FF_CPU_USAGE_MODULE_NAME, 0, &instance->config.cpu, "%s", error);
         return;
     }
-    if (fscanf(procStat, "cpu%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld", &user, &nice, &system, &idle, &iowait, &irq, &softirq) < 0) goto exit;
-    long workJiffies1 = user + nice + system;
-    long totalJiffies1 = workJiffies1 + idle + iowait + irq + softirq;
-
-    sleep(1);
-
-    rewind(procStat);
-    if (fscanf(procStat, "cpu%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld%ld", &user, &nice, &system, &idle, &iowait, &irq, &softirq) < 0) goto exit;
-    long workJiffies2 = user + nice + system;
-    long totalJiffies2 = workJiffies2 + idle + iowait + irq + softirq;
-
-    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3017162/how-to-get-total-cpu-usage-in-linux-using-c#answer-3017438
-    long workOverPeriod = workJiffies2 - workJiffies1;
-    long totalOverPeriod = totalJiffies2 - totalJiffies1;
-    double cpuPercent = (double)workOverPeriod / (double)totalOverPeriod * 100;
 
     if(instance->config.cpuUsage.outputFormat.length == 0)
     {
@@ -43,7 +28,4 @@ void ffPrintCPUUsage(FFinstance* instance)
             {FF_FORMAT_ARG_TYPE_DOUBLE, &cpuPercent}
         });
     }
-
-exit:
-    fclose(procStat);
 }