diff --git a/src/bin/home.rs b/src/bin/home.rs
index bdbea7c..3f26cd4 100644
--- a/src/bin/home.rs
+++ b/src/bin/home.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use chrono::NaiveTime;
 
-use i3monkit::widgets::CpuWidget;
 use i3monkit::{ColorRGB, Header, I3Protocol, WidgetCollection};
 
 use num_cpus;
 
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
+use i3xs::widgets::cpu::CpuWidget;
 use i3xs::widgets::datetime::{DateTimeWidget, TimeColor};
 use i3xs::widgets::network::NetworkSpeedWidget;
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/cpu.rs b/src/widgets/cpu.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32f5a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/cpu.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+use i3monkit::Block;
+use i3monkit::{Widget, WidgetUpdate};
+
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Result};
+
+/// The CPU usage widget
+///
+/// This widget draws a CPU usage pertentage bar on your i3 status bar.
+pub struct CpuWidget {
+    id: u32,
+    user: u64,
+    nice: u64,
+    system: u64,
+    idel: u64,
+    width: u8,
+    user_color: String,
+    nice_color: String,
+    system_color: String,
+}
+
+impl CpuWidget {
+    fn read_status(id: u32) -> Result<(u64, u64, u64, u64)> {
+        let name = format!("cpu{}", id);
+        let file = File::open("/proc/stat")?;
+        let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+        for line in reader.lines() {
+            let line = line?;
+            let tokens: Vec<_> = line.trim().split(|c| c == ' ' || c == '\t').collect();
+            if tokens[0] == name {
+                let parsed = tokens[1..5]
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|x| u64::from_str_radix(x, 10).unwrap())
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                return Ok((parsed[0], parsed[1], parsed[2], parsed[3]));
+            }
+        }
+
+        Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            "No such CPU core",
+        ))
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new CPU usage monitor widget for specified core
+    ///
+    /// **id** The core id
+    pub fn new(id: u32) -> Self {
+        let (user, nice, system, idel) = Self::read_status(id).unwrap();
+        let ret = Self {
+            id,
+            user,
+            nice,
+            system,
+            idel,
+            width: 20,
+            user_color: "#00ff00".to_string(),
+            nice_color: "#0000ff".to_string(),
+            system_color: "#ff0000".to_string(),
+        };
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    fn draw_bar(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
+        let mut ret = Vec::new();
+        for _ in 0..self.width {
+            ret.push("<span foreground=\"grey\">|</span>".to_string());
+        }
+
+        let (user, nice, system, idel) = Self::read_status(self.id).ok()?;
+
+        let total_diff =
+            (user + nice + system + idel) - (self.user + self.nice + self.system + self.idel);
+
+        if total_diff > 0 {
+            let diffs = [system - self.system, nice - self.nice, user - self.user];
+            let color = [&self.system_color, &self.nice_color, &self.user_color];
+
+            let mut idx = 0;
+            for (d, c) in diffs.iter().zip(color.iter()) {
+                for _ in 0..(d * (self.width as u64) / total_diff) {
+                    ret[idx] = format!("<span foreground=\"{}\">|</span>", c);
+                    idx += 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut result = String::new();
+        for s in ret {
+            result.push_str(&s);
+        }
+
+        self.nice = nice;
+        self.user = user;
+        self.idel = idel;
+        self.system = system;
+
+        return Some(result);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Widget for CpuWidget {
+    fn update(&mut self) -> Option<WidgetUpdate> {
+        if let Some(bar) = self.draw_bar() {
+            let mut data = Block::new();
+
+            data.use_pango();
+            data.append_full_text(&format!("{}[{}]", self.id + 1, bar));
+
+            return Some(WidgetUpdate {
+                refresh_interval: std::time::Duration::new(1, 0),
+                data: Some(data),
+            });
+        }
+
+        None
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/widgets/mod.rs b/src/widgets/mod.rs
index 50526e7..c15bad1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+pub mod cpu;
 pub mod datetime;
 pub mod network;