diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index daea1f6..09e2e05 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Maxim Vafin <maxvafin@gmail.com>
 MongoDB Inc.
 Nick Hutchinson <nshutchinson@gmail.com>
 Oleksandr Sochka <sasha.sochka@gmail.com>
+Ori Livneh <ori.livneh@gmail.com>
 Paul Redmond <paul.redmond@gmail.com>
 Radoslav Yovchev <radoslav.tm@gmail.com>
 Roman Lebedev <lebedev.ri@gmail.com>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2ff2f2a..f727bd1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Matt Clarkson <mattyclarkson@gmail.com>
 Maxim Vafin <maxvafin@gmail.com>
 Nick Hutchinson <nshutchinson@gmail.com>
 Oleksandr Sochka <sasha.sochka@gmail.com>
+Ori Livneh <ori.livneh@gmail.com>
 Pascal Leroy <phl@google.com>
 Paul Redmond <paul.redmond@gmail.com>
 Pierre Phaneuf <pphaneuf@google.com>
diff --git a/include/benchmark/benchmark.h b/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
index 157a717..1f072b1 100644
--- a/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
+++ b/include/benchmark/benchmark.h
@@ -1284,6 +1284,7 @@ struct CPUInfo {
   double cycles_per_second;
   std::vector<CacheInfo> caches;
   bool scaling_enabled;
+  std::vector<double> load_avg;
 
   static const CPUInfo& Get();
 
diff --git a/src/json_reporter.cc b/src/json_reporter.cc
index 6866c71..f599425 100644
--- a/src/json_reporter.cc
+++ b/src/json_reporter.cc
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ bool JSONReporter::ReportContext(const Context& context) {
   }
   indent = std::string(4, ' ');
   out << indent << "],\n";
+  out << indent << "\"load_avg\": [";
+  for (auto it = info.load_avg.begin(); it != info.load_avg.end();) {
+    out << *it++;
+    if (it != info.load_avg.end()) out << ",";
+  }
+  out << "],\n";
 
 #if defined(NDEBUG)
   const char build_type[] = "release";
diff --git a/src/reporter.cc b/src/reporter.cc
index fe86617..056561d 100644
--- a/src/reporter.cc
+++ b/src/reporter.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "check.h"
+#include "string_util.h"
 
 namespace benchmark {
 
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ void BenchmarkReporter::PrintBasicContext(std::ostream *out,
       Out << "\n";
     }
   }
+  if (!info.load_avg.empty()) {
+    Out << "Load Average: ";
+    for (auto It = info.load_avg.begin(); It != info.load_avg.end();) {
+      Out << StrFormat("%.2f", *It++);
+      if (It != info.load_avg.end()) Out << ", ";
+    }
+    Out << "\n";
+  }
 
   if (info.scaling_enabled) {
     Out << "***WARNING*** CPU scaling is enabled, the benchmark "
diff --git a/src/sysinfo.cc b/src/sysinfo.cc
index d740047..0ad300e 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo.cc
+++ b/src/sysinfo.cc
@@ -577,6 +577,24 @@ double GetCPUCyclesPerSecond() {
   return static_cast<double>(cycleclock::Now() - start_ticks);
 }
 
+std::vector<double> GetLoadAvg() {
+#if defined BENCHMARK_OS_FREEBSD || defined(BENCHMARK_OS_LINUX) || \
+    defined BENCHMARK_OS_MACOSX || defined BENCHMARK_OS_NETBSD ||  \
+    defined BENCHMARK_OS_OPENBSD
+  constexpr int kMaxSamples = 3;
+  std::vector<double> res(kMaxSamples, 0.0);
+  const int nelem = getloadavg(res.data(), kMaxSamples);
+  if (nelem < 1) {
+    res.clear();
+  } else {
+    res.resize(nelem);
+  }
+  return res;
+#else
+  return {};
+#endif
+}
+
 }  // end namespace
 
 const CPUInfo& CPUInfo::Get() {
@@ -588,6 +606,7 @@ CPUInfo::CPUInfo()
     : num_cpus(GetNumCPUs()),
       cycles_per_second(GetCPUCyclesPerSecond()),
       caches(GetCacheSizes()),
-      scaling_enabled(CpuScalingEnabled(num_cpus)) {}
+      scaling_enabled(CpuScalingEnabled(num_cpus)),
+      load_avg(GetLoadAvg()) {}
 
 }  // end namespace benchmark
diff --git a/test/reporter_output_test.cc b/test/reporter_output_test.cc
index 80314b3..8a45471 100644
--- a/test/reporter_output_test.cc
+++ b/test/reporter_output_test.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ static int AddContextCases() {
             {"\"mhz_per_cpu\": %float,$", MR_Next},
             {"\"cpu_scaling_enabled\": ", MR_Next},
             {"\"caches\": \\[$", MR_Next}});
-  auto const& Caches = benchmark::CPUInfo::Get().caches;
+  auto const& Info = benchmark::CPUInfo::Get();
+  auto const& Caches = Info.caches;
   if (!Caches.empty()) {
     AddCases(TC_ConsoleErr, {{"CPU Caches:$", MR_Next}});
   }
@@ -46,8 +47,13 @@ static int AddContextCases() {
                           {"\"num_sharing\": %int$", MR_Next},
                           {"}[,]{0,1}$", MR_Next}});
   }
-
   AddCases(TC_JSONOut, {{"],$"}});
+  auto const& LoadAvg = Info.load_avg;
+  if (!LoadAvg.empty()) {
+    AddCases(TC_ConsoleErr,
+             {{"Load Average: (%float, ){0,2}%float$", MR_Next}});
+  }
+  AddCases(TC_JSONOut, {{"\"load_avg\": \\[(%float,?){0,3}],$", MR_Next}});
   return 0;
 }
 int dummy_register = AddContextCases();