diff --git a/packages/erlang/cpu_sup.patch b/packages/erlang/cpu_sup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b2aca966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/erlang/cpu_sup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+diff --git a/lib/os_mon/c_src/cpu_sup.c b/lib/os_mon/c_src/cpu_sup.c
+index 17ef48c26e..b63b183c69 100644
+--- a/lib/os_mon/c_src/cpu_sup.c
++++ b/lib/os_mon/c_src/cpu_sup.c
+@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ static void util_measure(unsigned int **result_vec, int *result_sz);
+ 
+ #if defined(__sun__)
+ static unsigned int misc_measure(char* name);
++#elif defined(__linux__)
++static unsigned int misc_measure(char cmd);
+ #endif
+ static void sendi(unsigned int data);
+ static void sendv(unsigned int data[], int ints);
+@@ -231,6 +233,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+     case AVG1:		sendi(misc_measure("avenrun_1min"));		break;
+     case AVG5:		sendi(misc_measure("avenrun_5min"));		break;
+     case AVG15:		sendi(misc_measure("avenrun_15min"));		break;
++#elif defined(__linux__)
++    case NPROCS:
++    case AVG1:
++    case AVG5:
++    case AVG15:		sendi(misc_measure(cmd));			break;
+ #elif defined(__OpenBSD__) || (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
+     case NPROCS:	bsd_count_procs();				break;
+     case AVG1:		bsd_loadavg(0);					break;
+@@ -238,7 +245,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+     case AVG15:		bsd_loadavg(2);					break;
+ #endif
+ #if defined(__sun__) || defined(__linux__) || (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+-    case UTIL:		util_measure(&rv,&sz); 	sendv(rv, sz);		break;
++    case UTIL:		util_measure(&rv,&sz); sendv(rv, sz);		break;
+ #endif
+     case QUIT:		free((void*)rv); return 0;
+     default:		error("Bad command");				break;
+@@ -329,6 +336,23 @@ static void bsd_count_procs(void) {
+ 
+ #if defined(__linux__)
+ 
++static unsigned int misc_measure(char cmd) {
++    struct sysinfo info;
++
++    if (sysinfo(&info))
++        error(strerror(errno));
++
++    switch (cmd) {
++    case AVG1:	 	(unsigned int)(return info.loads[0] / 256);
++    case AVG5:	 	(unsigned int)(return info.loads[1] / 256);
++    case AVG15: 	(unsigned int)(return info.loads[2] / 256);
++    case NPROCS:	return info.procs;
++    }
++    sendi((unsigned int)(avgs[idx] * 256));
++
++    return -1;
++}
++
+ static cpu_t *read_procstat(FILE *fp, cpu_t *cpu) {
+     char buffer[BUFFERSIZE];
+ 
+@@ -357,8 +381,24 @@ static void util_measure(unsigned int **result_vec, int *result_sz) {
+     FILE *fp;
+     unsigned int *rv = NULL;
+     cpu_t cpu;
+- 
++
++    rv = *result_vec;
++    rv[0] = no_of_cpus;
++
+     if ( (fp = fopen(PROCSTAT,"r")) == NULL) {
++        if (errno == EACCES) { /* SELinux */
++            rv[1] = 1; /* just the cpu id */
++            ++rv; /* first value is number of cpus */
++            ++rv; /* second value is number of entries */
++            for (i = 0; i < no_of_cpus; ++i) {
++                rv[0] = CU_CPU_ID;
++                rv[1] = i;
++	        rv += 1*2;
++            }
++            *result_sz = 2 + 2*1 * no_of_cpus;
++            return;
++        }
++
+ 	/* Check if procfs is mounted,
+ 	 *  otherwise:
+ 	 *  try and try again, bad procsfs.
+@@ -367,20 +407,19 @@ static void util_measure(unsigned int **result_vec, int *result_sz) {
+ 	return;
+     }
+ 
+-	/*ignore read*/
++    /*ignore read*/
+     if (fgets(buffer, BUFFERSIZE, fp) == NULL) {
+ 	*result_sz = 0;
+ 	return;
+     }
+-    rv = *result_vec; 
+-    rv[0] = no_of_cpus;
++
+     rv[1] = CU_VALUES;
+     ++rv; /* first value is number of cpus */
+     ++rv; /* second value is number of entries */
+ 
+     for (i = 0; i < no_of_cpus; ++i) {
+ 	read_procstat(fp, &cpu);
+-	      
++
+ 	rv[ 0] = CU_CPU_ID;    rv[ 1] = cpu.id;
+ 	rv[ 2] = CU_USER;      rv[ 3] = cpu.user;
+ 	rv[ 4] = CU_NICE_USER; rv[ 5] = cpu.nice_user;
+diff --git a/lib/os_mon/src/cpu_sup.erl b/lib/os_mon/src/cpu_sup.erl
+index 81e049ef22..ba2d89313e 100644
+--- a/lib/os_mon/src/cpu_sup.erl
++++ b/lib/os_mon/src/cpu_sup.erl
+@@ -220,17 +220,21 @@ code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
+ %% internal functions 
+ %%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+-get_uint32_measurement(Request, #internal{os_type = {unix, linux}}) ->
+-    {ok,F} = file:open("/proc/loadavg",[read,raw]),
+-    {ok,D} = file:read_line(F),
+-    ok = file:close(F),
+-    {ok,[Load1,Load5,Load15,_PRun,PTotal],_} = io_lib:fread("~f ~f ~f ~d/~d", D),
+-    case Request of
+-	?avg1  -> sunify(Load1);
+-	?avg5  -> sunify(Load5);
+-	?avg15 -> sunify(Load15);
+-	?ping -> 4711;
+-	?nprocs -> PTotal
++get_uint32_measurement(Request, #internal{port = P, os_type = {unix, linux}}) ->
++    case file:open("/proc/loadavg",[read,raw]) of
++        {ok,F} ->
++            {ok,D} = file:read_line(F),
++            ok = file:close(F),
++            {ok,[Load1,Load5,Load15,_PRun,PTotal],_} = io_lib:fread("~f ~f ~f ~d/~d", D),
++            case Request of
++                ?avg1  -> sunify(Load1);
++                ?avg5  -> sunify(Load5);
++                ?avg15 -> sunify(Load15);
++                ?ping -> 4711;
++                ?nprocs -> PTotal
++            end;
++        {error,_} ->
++            port_server_call(P, Request)
+     end;
+ get_uint32_measurement(Request, #internal{port = P, os_type = {unix, Sys}}) when
+ 								Sys == sunos;