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diff --git a/src/get_load.c b/src/get_load.c
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+++ b/src/get_load.c
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+#include "i3status.h"
+
+const char *get_load() {
+	static char part[512];
+
+/* Get load */
+#ifdef LINUX
+	slurp("/proc/loadavg", part, sizeof(part));
+	*skip_character(part, ' ', 3) = '\0';
+#else
+	/* TODO: correctly check for NetBSD, check if it works the same on *BSD */
+	struct loadavg load;
+	size_t length = sizeof(struct loadavg);
+	int mib[2] = { CTL_VM, VM_LOADAVG };
+	if (sysctl(mib, 2, &load, &length, NULL, 0) < 0)
+		die("Could not sysctl({ CTL_VM, VM_LOADAVG })\n");
+	double scale = load.fscale;
+	(void)snprintf(part, sizeof(part), "%.02f %.02f %.02f",
+			(double)load.ldavg[0] / scale,
+			(double)load.ldavg[1] / scale,
+			(double)load.ldavg[2] / scale);
+#endif
+
+	return part;
+}