diff --git a/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup.rs b/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup.rs
index 94c2a2254c..99065720f6 100644
--- a/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup.rs
+++ b/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,13 @@ impl Sampler {
                 );
                 if let Err(err) = v2::poll(&cgroup_path, &self.labels).await {
                     error!(
-                        "Unable to poll cgroup metrics for {path}: {err}",
+                        "Unable to poll cgroup memory metrics for {path}: {err}",
+                        path = cgroup_path.to_string_lossy()
+                    );
+                }
+                if let Err(err) = v2::cpu::poll(&cgroup_path, &self.labels).await {
+                    error!(
+                        "Unable to poll cgroup CPU metrics for {path}: {err}",
                         path = cgroup_path.to_string_lossy()
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup/v2.rs b/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup/v2.rs
index b00f205d54..173bf0eed3 100644
--- a/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup/v2.rs
+++ b/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup/v2.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub(crate) mod cpu;
+
 use core::f64;
 use std::{
     io,
diff --git a/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup/v2/cpu.rs b/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup/v2/cpu.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55b2fc8ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lading/src/observer/linux/cgroup/v2/cpu.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+use metrics::gauge;
+use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use tokio::fs;
+
+use tracing::info;
+
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+/// Errors produced by functions in this module
+pub(crate) enum Error {
+    /// Wrapper for [`std::io::Error`]
+    #[error("IO error: {0}")]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Float Parsing: {0}")]
+    ParseFloat(#[from] std::num::ParseFloatError),
+    #[error("Integer Parsing: {0}")]
+    ParseInt(#[from] std::num::ParseIntError),
+}
+
+struct PrevStats {
+    usage_usec: u64,
+    user_usec: u64,
+    system_usec: u64,
+    last_instant: Instant,
+}
+
+static PREV: OnceCell<Mutex<PrevStats>> = OnceCell::new();
+
+// Read cgroup CPU data and calculate a percentage of usage.
+pub(crate) async fn poll(group_prefix: &Path, labels: &[(String, String)]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // Read cpu.max (cgroup v2)
+    let cpu_max = fs::read_to_string(group_prefix.join("cpu.max")).await?;
+    let parts: Vec<&str> = cpu_max.split_whitespace().collect();
+    let (max_str, period_str) = (parts[0], parts[1]);
+    let allowed_cores = if max_str == "max" {
+        num_cpus::get() as f64
+    } else {
+        let max_val = max_str.parse::<f64>()?;
+        let period_val = period_str.parse::<f64>()?;
+        max_val / period_val
+    };
+
+    // Read cpu.stat
+    let cpu_stat = fs::read_to_string(group_prefix.join("cpu.stat")).await?;
+    let mut usage_usec = 0u64;
+    let mut user_usec = 0u64;
+    let mut system_usec = 0u64;
+
+    for line in cpu_stat.lines() {
+        let mut parts = line.split_whitespace();
+        let key = parts.next().expect("no key");
+        let value: u64 = parts.next().expect("no value").parse()?;
+        match key {
+            "usage_usec" => usage_usec = value,
+            "user_usec" => user_usec = value,
+            "system_usec" => system_usec = value,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Get or initialize previous stats
+    let mut prev = PREV
+        .get_or_init(|| {
+            Mutex::new(PrevStats {
+                usage_usec,
+                user_usec,
+                system_usec,
+                last_instant: Instant::now(),
+            })
+        })
+        .lock()
+        .expect("could not lock stats, poisoned by my constituents");
+
+    let now = Instant::now();
+    let delta_time = now.duration_since(prev.last_instant).as_micros() as f64;
+    let delta_usage = usage_usec.saturating_sub(prev.usage_usec);
+    let delta_user = user_usec.saturating_sub(prev.user_usec);
+    let delta_system = system_usec.saturating_sub(prev.system_usec);
+
+    // Update previous stats
+    prev.usage_usec = usage_usec;
+    prev.user_usec = user_usec;
+    prev.system_usec = system_usec;
+    prev.last_instant = now;
+
+    if delta_time > 0.0 {
+        // Compute CPU usage as a percentage of the cgroup CPU allocation
+        let total_cpu = (delta_usage as f64 / delta_time) / allowed_cores * 100.0;
+        let user_cpu = (delta_user as f64 / delta_time) / allowed_cores * 100.0;
+        let system_cpu = (delta_system as f64 / delta_time) / allowed_cores * 100.0;
+
+        info!(
+            "cpu: {total_cpu:.2}%, user: {user_cpu:.2}%, system: {system_cpu:.2}%",
+            total_cpu = total_cpu,
+            user_cpu = user_cpu,
+            system_cpu = system_cpu
+        );
+
+        gauge!("cgroup_total_cpu_percentage", labels).set(total_cpu);
+        gauge!("cgroup_user_cpu_percentage", labels).set(user_cpu);
+        gauge!("cgroup_system_cpu_percentage", labels).set(system_cpu);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}