Index: cacao-cff92704c4e0/src/vm/os.hpp
===================================================================
--- cacao-cff92704c4e0/src/vm/os.hpp	2011-12-08 13:40:45.000000000 +0100
+++ cacao-cff92704c4e0/src/vm/os.hpp	2011-12-20 11:42:36.985633921 +0100
@@ -425,7 +425,21 @@
 #if defined(HAVE_GETLOADAVG)
 	return ::getloadavg(loadavg, nelem);
 #else
-# error getloadavg not available
+        FILE *LOADAVG;
+        double avg[3] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
+        int i, res = -1;;
+
+        if ((LOADAVG = fopen("/proc/loadavg", "r"))) {
+                fscanf(LOADAVG, "%lf %lf %lf", &avg[0], &avg[1], &avg[2]);
+                res = 0;
+                fclose(LOADAVG);
+        }
+
+        for (i = 0; (i < nelem) && (i < 3); i++) {
+                loadavg[i] = avg[i];
+        }
+
+        return res;
 #endif
 }