diff --git a/lib/cpu.js b/lib/cpu.js
index 160e0c0..118caf7 100644
--- a/lib/cpu.js
+++ b/lib/cpu.js
@@ -995,16 +995,25 @@ function getCpuCurrentSpeedSync() {
   let maxFreq = 0;
   let avgFreq = 0;
   let cores = [];
+  let speeds = [];
 
-  if (cpus && cpus.length) {
+  if (cpus && cpus.length && cpus[0].speed) {
     for (let i in cpus) {
-      if ({}.hasOwnProperty.call(cpus, i)) {
-        let freq = cpus[i].speed > 100 ? (cpus[i].speed + 1) / 1000 : cpus[i].speed / 10;
-        avgFreq = avgFreq + freq;
-        if (freq > maxFreq) { maxFreq = freq; }
-        if (freq < minFreq) { minFreq = freq; }
-        cores.push(parseFloat(freq.toFixed(2)));
-      }
+      speeds.push(cpus[i].speed > 100 ? (cpus[i].speed + 1) / 1000 : cpus[i].speed / 10);
+    }
+  } else {
+    speedStrings = execSync('cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "cpu MHz" | cut -d " " -f 3', util.execOptsLinux).toString().split('\n');
+    for (let i in speedStrings) {
+      speeds.push(parseInt(speedStrings, 10));
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (speeds && speeds.length) {
+    for (let i in speeds) {
+      avgFreq = avgFreq + speeds[i];
+      if (speeds[i] > maxFreq) { maxFreq = speeds[i]; }
+      if (speeds[i] < minFreq) { minFreq = speeds[i]; }
+      cores.push(parseFloat(speeds[i].toFixed(2)));
     }
     avgFreq = avgFreq / cpus.length;
     return {