diff --git a/i3pystatus/cpu_freq.py b/i3pystatus/cpu_freq.py
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+# coding=utf-8
+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule
+
+
+class CpuFreq(IntervalModule):
+    """
+    class uses by default `/proc/cpuinfo` to determine the current cpu frequency
+
+    .. rubric:: Available formatters
+
+    * `{avg}` - mean from all cores in MHz `4.3f`
+    * `{avgg}` - mean from all cores in GHz `1.2f`
+    * `{coreX}` - frequency of core number `X` in MHz (format `4.3f`), where 0 <= `X` <= number of cores - 1
+    * `{coreXg}` - frequency of core number `X` in GHz (fromat `1.2f`), where 0 <= `X` <= number of cores - 1
+
+    """
+    format = "{avgg}"
+    settings = (
+        "format",
+        ("color", "The text color"),
+        ("file", "override default path"),
+    )
+
+    file = '/proc/cpuinfo'
+    color = '#FFFFFF'
+
+    def createvaluesdict(self):
+        """
+        function processes the /proc/cpuinfo file
+        :return: dictionary used as the full-text output for the module
+        """
+        with open(self.file) as f:
+            mhz_values = [float(line.split(':')[1]) for line in f if line.startswith('cpu MHz')]
+            ghz_values = [value / 1000.0 for value in mhz_values]
+
+        mhz = {"core{}".format(key): "{0:4.3f}".format(value) for key, value in enumerate(mhz_values)}
+        ghz = {"core{}g".format(key): "{0:1.2f}".format(value) for key, value in enumerate(ghz_values)}
+        cdict = mhz.copy()
+        cdict.update(ghz)
+        cdict['avg'] = "{0:4.3f}".format(sum(mhz_values) / len(mhz_values))
+        cdict['avgg'] = "{0:1.2f}".format(sum(ghz_values) / len(ghz_values), 2)
+        return cdict
+
+    def run(self):
+        cdict = self.createvaluesdict()
+
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": self.format.format(**cdict),
+            "color": self.color,
+            "format": self.format,
+        }
diff --git a/tests/cpufreq01 b/tests/cpufreq01
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+cpu MHz         : 1240.382
+cpu MHz         : 1236.828
+cpu MHz         : 1203.007
+cpu MHz         : 1264.859
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diff --git a/tests/test_cpu_freq.py b/tests/test_cpu_freq.py
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+++ b/tests/test_cpu_freq.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# coding=utf-8
+"""
+Basic tests for the cpu_freq module
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from i3pystatus import cpu_freq
+
+
+def cpu_freq_test(tfpath, tformat, expected):
+    cf = cpu_freq.CpuFreq(file=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), tfpath), format=tformat)
+    cf.run()
+    assert cf.output["full_text"] == expected
+
+
+def test_basic():
+    """
+    Tests against the pre-prepared file
+    """
+    cases = [
+        ('cpufreq01', '1240.382', '1236.828', '1203.007', '1264.859', '1236.269', '1.24', '1.24', '1.20', '1.26',
+         '1.24'),
+    ]
+    for path, core0, core1, core2, core3, avg, core0g, core1g, core2g, core3g, avgg in cases:
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{avg}", avg)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core0}", core0)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core1}", core1)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core2}", core2)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core3}", core3)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core0g}", core0g)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core1g}", core1g)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core2g}", core2g)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{core3g}", core3g)
+        cpu_freq_test(path, "{avgg}", avgg)