diff --git a/gatherer/cpu_information.sh b/gatherer/cpu_information.sh
index 2c1bb5e..86373c8 100644
--- a/gatherer/cpu_information.sh
+++ b/gatherer/cpu_information.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ gather_cpu_info() {
 
 	has_class "GNU" && {
 		export NCPUS=$(${NPROC})
+		set_class ${NCPUS}cpus
 	}
 
 	has_class "Linux" && {
@@ -18,9 +19,14 @@ gather_cpu_info() {
 		}
 		/CPU(s):/ { print "export NCPUS=" $2 ";" }
 		/Virtualization/ { print "export CPU_VIRT=\"" $2 "\";" }')
+
+		set_class ${NCPUS}cpus ${CPU_VIRT} ${BYTE_ORDER} ${OP_MODES}
 	}
 
-	set_class ${NCPUS}cpus ${CPU_VIRT} ${BYTE_ORDER} ${OP_MODES}
+	has_class "FreeBSD" && {
+		export NCPUS=$(${SYSCTL} kern.smp.cpus | cut -d\  -f2)
+		set_class ${NCPUS}cpus
+	}
 }
 
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/gatherer/misc_information.sh b/gatherer/misc_information.sh
index ba9f3f6..32b532f 100644
--- a/gatherer/misc_information.sh
+++ b/gatherer/misc_information.sh
@@ -6,28 +6,37 @@ gather_uptime_info() {
 	export LOAD_5=""
 	export LOAD_15=""
 
-	has_class "Linux" && {
-		eval $(${AWK} -v ncpus=${NCPUS} '{
-			print "LOAD_1=\"" $1 "\";LOAD_5=\"" $2 "\";LOAD_15=\"" $3 "\";";
-			for(i=1; i<4; i++) {
-				if($i<=0.0) {
-					load="LOW"
+	local CALC_LOAD_AWK='{
+		print "LOAD_1=\"" $1 "\";LOAD_5=\"" $2 "\";LOAD_15=\"" $3 "\";";
+		for(i=1; i<4; i++) {
+			if($i<=0.0) {
+				load="LOW"
+			} else {
+				inv_load=ncpus/$i;
+				if (inv_load > (ncpus/2)) {
+					load="LOW";
 				} else {
-					inv_load=ncpus/$i;
-					if (inv_load > (ncpus/2)) {
-						load="LOW";
-					} else {
-						load="MODERATE";
-					}
-					if (inv_load <= 0) load="HIGH";
+					load="MODERATE";
 				}
-
-				if(i==1) { classes=classes "LOAD_1_" load " " }
-				if(i==2) { classes=classes "LOAD_5_" load " " }
-				if(i==3) { classes=classes "LOAD_15_" load " "; }
+				if (inv_load <= 0) load="HIGH";
 			}
-			print "set_class " classes ";";
-		}' </proc/loadavg)
+
+			if(i==1) { classes=classes "LOAD_1_" load " " }
+			if(i==2) { classes=classes "LOAD_5_" load " " }
+			if(i==3) { classes=classes "LOAD_15_" load " "; }
+		}
+		print "set_class " classes ";";
+	}'
+
+	has_class "Linux" && {
+		eval $(${AWK} -v ncpus=${NCPUS} "${CALC_LOAD_AWK}" </proc/loadavg)
+	}
+
+	has_class "FreeBSD" && {
+		local N='\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)'
+		eval $(${SYSCTL} vm.loadavg |\
+			${SED} 's/^.*{ '"${N}"' '"${N}"' '"${N}"'.*/\1 \2 \3/' |\
+			${AWK} -v ncpus=${NCPUS} "${CALC_LOAD_AWK}")
 	}
 
 	export UPTIME LOAD_1 LOAD_5 LOAD_15