diff --git a/include/sigar_util.h b/include/sigar_util.h
index 36049eeb..a7e198a6 100644
--- a/include/sigar_util.h
+++ b/include/sigar_util.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ int sigar_proc_fd_count(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_pid_t pid,
 
 int sigar_proc_count(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_uint64_t *total);
 
+/* linux + freebsd */
+int sigar_procfs_args_get(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_pid_t pid,
+                          sigar_proc_args_t *procargs);
+
 int sigar_mem_calc_ram(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_mem_t *mem);
 
 double sigar_file_system_usage_calc_used(sigar_t *sigar,
diff --git a/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c b/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
index e25dca58..df1a3d1f 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
+++ b/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
@@ -717,66 +717,7 @@ int sigar_proc_state_get(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_pid_t pid,
 int sigar_proc_args_get(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_pid_t pid,
                         sigar_proc_args_t *procargs)
 {
-    char buffer[BUFSIZ], *buf=NULL, *ptr;
-    int fd, len, total=0;
-
-    (void)SIGAR_PROC_FILENAME(buffer, pid, "/cmdline");
-
-    if ((fd = open(buffer, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
-        if (errno == ENOENT) {
-            return ESRCH;
-        }
-        return errno;
-    }
-
-    buffer[0] = '\0';
-
-    /* XXX: possible to get rid of some mallocs here.
-     * but, unlikely this will be called often so it
-     * might not even matter much.
-     */
-    while ((len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1)) > 0) {
-        if (len == 0) {
-            break;
-        }
-        if (buf) {
-            buf = realloc(buf, total+len);
-        }
-        else {
-            buf = malloc(len+1);
-        }
-        memcpy(buf+total, buffer, len);
-        total += len;
-    }
-
-    close(fd);
-
-    sigar_proc_args_create(procargs);
-
-    //e.g. /proc/2/cmdline
-    if (total == 0) {
-        procargs->number = 0;
-        return SIGAR_OK;
-    }
-
-    buf[total] = '\0';
-    ptr = buf;
-
-    while (*ptr) {
-        int alen = strlen(ptr)+1;
-        char *arg = malloc(alen);
-
-        SIGAR_PROC_ARGS_GROW(procargs);
-        memcpy(arg, ptr, alen);
-
-        procargs->data[procargs->number++] = arg;
-            
-        ptr += alen;
-    }
-
-    free(buf);
-
-    return SIGAR_OK;
+    return sigar_procfs_args_get(sigar, pid, procargs);
 }
 
 int sigar_proc_env_get(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_pid_t pid,
diff --git a/src/sigar_util.c b/src/sigar_util.c
index df70612a..3e82a62e 100644
--- a/src/sigar_util.c
+++ b/src/sigar_util.c
@@ -221,6 +221,71 @@ int sigar_proc_count(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_uint64_t *total)
     return SIGAR_OK;
 }
 
+int sigar_procfs_args_get(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_pid_t pid,
+                          sigar_proc_args_t *procargs)
+{
+    char buffer[9086], *buf=NULL, *ptr;
+    int fd, len, total=0;
+
+    (void)SIGAR_PROC_FILENAME(buffer, pid, "/cmdline");
+
+    if ((fd = open(buffer, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) {
+            return ESRCH;
+        }
+        return errno;
+    }
+
+    buffer[0] = '\0';
+
+    /* XXX: possible to get rid of some mallocs here.
+     * but, unlikely this will be called often so it
+     * might not even matter much.
+     */
+    while ((len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1)) > 0) {
+        if (len == 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if (buf) {
+            buf = realloc(buf, total+len);
+        }
+        else {
+            buf = malloc(len+1);
+        }
+        memcpy(buf+total, buffer, len);
+        total += len;
+    }
+
+    close(fd);
+
+    sigar_proc_args_create(procargs);
+
+    //e.g. /proc/2/cmdline
+    if (total == 0) {
+        procargs->number = 0;
+        return SIGAR_OK;
+    }
+
+    buf[total] = '\0';
+    ptr = buf;
+
+    while (*ptr) {
+        int alen = strlen(ptr)+1;
+        char *arg = malloc(alen);
+
+        SIGAR_PROC_ARGS_GROW(procargs);
+        memcpy(arg, ptr, alen);
+
+        procargs->data[procargs->number++] = arg;
+            
+        ptr += alen;
+    }
+
+    free(buf);
+
+    return SIGAR_OK;
+}
+
 int sigar_mem_calc_ram(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_mem_t *mem)
 {
     sigar_uint64_t lram = (mem->total / (1024 * 1024));