diff --git a/web/api/app/Controller/HostController.php b/web/api/app/Controller/HostController.php
index f09f27943..d7c3c45d7 100644
--- a/web/api/app/Controller/HostController.php
+++ b/web/api/app/Controller/HostController.php
@@ -22,4 +22,15 @@ class HostController extends AppController {
 		));
 	}
 
+	function getLoad() {
+		$uptime = shell_exec( 'uptime' );
+		$load = '';
+		if ( preg_match( '/load average: ([\d.]+)/', $uptime, $matches ) )
+			$load = $matches[1];
+	
+		$this->set(array(
+			'load' => $load,
+			'_serialize' => array('load')
+		));
+	}
 }