diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 81ad15076ec..4cb4db94e32 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/sensor/arest.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/bitcoin.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/command_sensor.py
+    homeassistant/components/sensor/cpuinfo.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/dht.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/efergy.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/forecast.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/cpuspeed.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/cpuspeed.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f03e21c7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/cpuspeed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.sensor.cpuspeed
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Shows the current CPU speed.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.cpuspeed.html
+"""
+import logging
+
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+
+REQUIREMENTS = ['py-cpuinfo==0.1.6']
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+DEFAULT_NAME = "CPU speed"
+
+ATTR_VENDOR = 'Vendor ID'
+ATTR_BRAND = 'Brand'
+ATTR_HZ = 'GHz Advertised'
+
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-variable
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    """ Sets up the CPU speed sensor. """
+
+    try:
+        import cpuinfo  # noqa
+    except ImportError:
+        _LOGGER.exception(
+            "Unable to import cpuinfo. "
+            "Did you maybe not install the 'py-cpuinfo' package?")
+        return False
+
+    add_devices([CpuSpeedSensor(config.get('name', DEFAULT_NAME))])
+
+
+class CpuSpeedSensor(Entity):
+    """ A CPU info sensor. """
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self._name = name
+        self._state = None
+        self._unit_of_measurement = 'GHz'
+        self.update()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """ Returns the state of the device. """
+        return self._state
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        return self._unit_of_measurement
+
+    @property
+    def state_attributes(self):
+        """ Returns the state attributes. """
+        if self.info is not None:
+            return {
+                ATTR_VENDOR: self.info['vendor_id'],
+                ATTR_BRAND: self.info['brand'],
+                ATTR_HZ: round(self.info['hz_advertised_raw'][0]/10**9, 2)
+            }
+
+    def update(self):
+        """ Gets the latest data and updates the state. """
+        from cpuinfo import cpuinfo
+
+        self.info = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info()
+        self._state = round(float(self.info['hz_actual_raw'][0])/10**9, 2)
diff --git a/requirements_all.txt b/requirements_all.txt
index 57f117ec3cd..a63956eb23f 100644
--- a/requirements_all.txt
+++ b/requirements_all.txt
@@ -144,3 +144,6 @@ blinkstick==1.1.7
 
 # Telegram (notify.telegram)
 python-telegram-bot==2.8.7
+
+# CPUinfo (sensor.cpuinfo)
+py-cpuinfo==0.1.6