diff --git a/headers/os/kernel/OS.h b/headers/os/kernel/OS.h
index 4ea8304e8c..6d3a34c5db 100644
--- a/headers/os/kernel/OS.h
+++ b/headers/os/kernel/OS.h
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ extern void			ktrace_vprintf(const char *format, va_list args);
 typedef struct {
 	bigtime_t	active_time;	/* usec of doing useful work since boot */
 	bool		enabled;
+	uint64		current_frequency;
 } cpu_info;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -537,8 +538,11 @@ typedef struct {
 
 
 extern status_t		get_system_info(system_info* info);
-extern status_t		get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount,
-						cpu_info* info);
+extern status_t		_get_cpu_info_etc(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount,
+						cpu_info* info, size_t size);
+#define get_cpu_info(firstCPU, cpuCount, info) \
+	_get_cpu_info_etc((firstCPU), (cpuCount), (info), sizeof(*(info)))
+
 extern status_t		get_cpu_topology_info(cpu_topology_node_info* topologyInfos,
 						uint32* topologyInfoCount);
 
diff --git a/headers/private/system/system_info.h b/headers/private/system/system_info.h
index e04dd61f26..23b0ffee1c 100644
--- a/headers/private/system/system_info.h
+++ b/headers/private/system/system_info.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 
 status_t __get_system_info(system_info* info);
-status_t __get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, cpu_info* info);
 status_t __get_cpu_topology_info(cpu_topology_node_info* topologyInfos,
 			uint32* topologyInfoCount);
 
diff --git a/src/bin/sysinfo.cpp b/src/bin/sysinfo.cpp
index 2897a2f489..aee0ffed42 100644
--- a/src/bin/sysinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/sysinfo.cpp
@@ -581,6 +581,14 @@ dump_cpu(enum cpu_vendor vendor, uint32 model, int32 cpu)
 			return;
 	}
 
+	cpu_info frequencyInfo;
+	if (get_cpu_info(cpu, 1, &frequencyInfo) == B_OK
+		&& frequencyInfo.current_frequency != 0) {
+		printf("\tFrequency: %" B_PRId32 ".%03" B_PRId32 "\n",
+			int32(frequencyInfo.current_frequency / 1000000),
+			int32((frequencyInfo.current_frequency % 1000000) / 1000));
+	}
+
 	get_cpuid(&cpuInfo, 1, cpu);
 	print_processor_signature(vendor, &cpuInfo);
 	printf("\tFeatures: 0x%08" B_PRIx32 "\n", cpuInfo.eax_1.features);
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/system_info.cpp b/src/system/kernel/system_info.cpp
index 6b7ea50aeb..5403863fb0 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/system_info.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/system_info.cpp
@@ -490,11 +490,34 @@ get_system_info(system_info* info)
 }
 
 
+typedef struct {
+	bigtime_t	active_time;
+	bool		enabled;
+} beta2_cpu_info;
+
+
+extern "C" status_t
+__get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, beta2_cpu_info* beta2_info)
+{
+	cpu_info info[cpuCount];
+	status_t err = _get_cpu_info_etc(firstCPU, cpuCount, info, sizeof(cpu_info));
+	if (err == B_OK) {
+		for (uint32 i = 0; i < cpuCount; i++) {
+			beta2_info[i].active_time = info[i].active_time;
+			beta2_info[i].enabled = info[i].enabled;
+		}
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+
 status_t
-get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, cpu_info* info)
+_get_cpu_info_etc(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, cpu_info* info, size_t size)
 {
 	if (cpuCount == 0)
 		return B_OK;
+	if (size != sizeof(cpu_info))
+		return B_BAD_VALUE;
 	if (firstCPU >= (uint32)smp_get_num_cpus())
 		return B_BAD_VALUE;
 
@@ -516,6 +539,7 @@ get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, cpu_info* info)
 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		info[i].active_time = cpu_get_active_time(firstCPU + i);
 		info[i].enabled = !gCPU[firstCPU + i].disabled;
+		info[i].current_frequency = cpu_frequency(i);
 	}
 
 	if (IS_USER_ADDRESS(info)) {
@@ -578,7 +602,7 @@ _user_get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, cpu_info* userInfo)
 	if (userInfo == NULL || !IS_USER_ADDRESS(userInfo))
 		return B_BAD_ADDRESS;
 
-	return get_cpu_info(firstCPU, cpuCount, userInfo);
+	return _get_cpu_info_etc(firstCPU, cpuCount, userInfo, sizeof(cpu_info));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/os/system_info.cpp b/src/system/libroot/os/system_info.cpp
index 8654ddf5cc..83741ab612 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/os/system_info.cpp
+++ b/src/system/libroot/os/system_info.cpp
@@ -153,9 +153,31 @@ __get_system_info(system_info* info)
 }
 
 
-status_t
-__get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, cpu_info* info)
+typedef struct {
+	bigtime_t	active_time;
+	bool		enabled;
+} beta2_cpu_info;
+
+
+extern "C" status_t
+__get_cpu_info(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, beta2_cpu_info* beta2_info)
 {
+	cpu_info info;
+	status_t err = _get_cpu_info_etc(firstCPU, cpuCount, &info, sizeof(info));
+	if (err == B_OK) {
+		beta2_info->active_time = info.active_time;
+		beta2_info->enabled = info.enabled;
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+
+status_t
+_get_cpu_info_etc(uint32 firstCPU, uint32 cpuCount, cpu_info* info,
+	size_t size)
+{
+	if (info == NULL || size != sizeof(cpu_info))
+		return B_BAD_VALUE;
 	return _kern_get_cpu_info(firstCPU, cpuCount, info);
 }