diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuTimer.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuTimer.java
index 23585899..5e290aa0 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuTimer.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuTimer.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ public class CpuTimer implements CpuTimerMBean {
     private long cpuTotal;
     private long cpuUser;
     private long cpuSys;
-    
+    private double cpuPercent;
+
     private ThreadCpu cpu = new ThreadCpu();
 
     private long startTime;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class CpuTimer implements CpuTimerMBean {
         this.cpuTotal = 0;
         this.cpuUser  = 0;
         this.cpuSys   = 0;
+        this.cpuPercent = 0.0;
     }
 
     public void add(CpuTimer timer) {
@@ -81,11 +83,13 @@ public class CpuTimer implements CpuTimerMBean {
         this.cpuUser  += diff.user;
         this.cpuSys   += diff.sys;
 
-        long stopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long timeNow = System.currentTimeMillis();
         
-        long time = stopTime - this.startTime;
+        double timeDiff = timeNow - this.startTime;
 
-        this.totalTime += time;
+        this.totalTime += timeDiff;
+
+        this.cpuPercent = toMillis(diff.total) / timeDiff;
     }
 
     public ThreadCpu getDiff() {
@@ -116,16 +120,24 @@ public class CpuTimer implements CpuTimerMBean {
         return this.totalTime;
     }
     
+    private long toMillis(long ns) {
+        return ns / 1000000; //convert nanos to millis
+    }
+
     public long getCpuTotal() {
-        return this.cpuTotal / 1000000; //convert nanos to millis
+        return toMillis(this.cpuTotal);
     }
     
     public long getCpuUser() {
-        return this.cpuUser / 1000000; //convert nanos to millis
+        return toMillis(this.cpuUser);
     }
     
     public long getCpuSys() {
-        return this.cpuSys / 1000000; //convert nanos to millis
+        return toMillis(this.cpuSys / 1000000);
+    }
+
+    public double getCpuUsage() {
+        return this.cpuPercent;
     }
 
     public String format(long elap) {
@@ -148,5 +160,6 @@ public class CpuTimer implements CpuTimerMBean {
                     format(getTotalTime()));
         out.println("user....." + format(getCpuUser()));
         out.println("sys......" + format(getCpuSys()));
+        out.println("usage...." + CpuPerc.format(getCpuUsage()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/jmx/CpuTimerMBean.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/jmx/CpuTimerMBean.java
index 0a2ac708..f8be0968 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/jmx/CpuTimerMBean.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/jmx/CpuTimerMBean.java
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ public interface CpuTimerMBean {
 
     public long getCpuSys();
 
+    public double getCpuUsage();
+
     public long getTotalTime();
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java
index 9450766d..4bbf1695 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.hyperic.sigar.test;
 
+import org.hyperic.sigar.CpuPerc;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.CpuTimer;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.Sigar;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.SigarNotImplementedException;
@@ -46,19 +47,29 @@ public class TestThreadCpu extends SigarTestCase {
         assertGtEqZeroTrace("Total", cpu.getTotal());
 
         CpuTimer timer = new CpuTimer(sigar);
+        timer.start();
 
         for (int i=0; i<1000000; i++) {
             System.getProperty("java.home");
         }
 
-        traceln("\nDiff...\n");
+        String sleepTime =
+            System.getProperty("sigar.testThreadCpu.sleep");
+        if (sleepTime != null) {
+            Thread.sleep(Integer.parseInt(sleepTime) * 1000);
+        }
+        timer.stop();
 
-        ThreadCpu diff = timer.getDiff();
+        traceln("\nUsage...\n");
 
-        assertGtEqZeroTrace("User", diff.getUser());
+        assertGtEqZeroTrace("User", timer.getCpuUser());
 
-        assertGtEqZeroTrace("Sys", diff.getSys());
+        assertGtEqZeroTrace("Sys", timer.getCpuSys());
 
-        assertGtEqZeroTrace("Total", diff.getTotal());
+        assertGtEqZeroTrace("Total", timer.getCpuTotal());
+
+        assertGtEqZeroTrace("Real Time", timer.getTotalTime());
+
+        traceln("Cpu Percent=" + CpuPerc.format(timer.getCpuUsage()));
     }
 }