diff --git a/cmdline.go b/cmdline.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf4f3b48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmdline.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package procfs
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/procfs/internal/util"
+)
+
+// CmdLine returns the command line of the kernel.
+func (fs FS) CmdLine() ([]string, error) {
+	data, err := util.ReadFileNoStat(fs.proc.Path("cmdline"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return strings.Fields(string(data)), nil
+}
diff --git a/cmdline_test.go b/cmdline_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9cc1b829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmdline_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build linux
+
+package procfs
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+)
+
+func TestCmdline(t *testing.T) {
+	fs, err := NewFS(procTestFixtures)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := fs.CmdLine()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	want := []string{
+		"BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-22-generic",
+		"root=UUID=456a0345-450d-4f7b-b7c9-43e3241d99ad",
+		"ro",
+		"quiet",
+		"splash",
+		"vt.handoff=7",
+	}
+
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected CmdLine (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fixtures.ttar b/fixtures.ttar
index 34c1d7075..8dc6c1b0b 100644
--- a/fixtures.ttar
+++ b/fixtures.ttar
@@ -644,6 +644,11 @@ Node 0, zone    DMA32    759    572    791    475    194     45     12      0
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 Mode: 644
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+Path: fixtures/proc/cmdline
+Lines: 1
+BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.11.0-22-generic root=UUID=456a0345-450d-4f7b-b7c9-43e3241d99ad ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
+Mode: 444
+# ttar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Path: fixtures/proc/cpuinfo
 Lines: 216
 processor	: 0