diff --git a/modules/cells/src/main/java/dmg/cells/nucleus/CellShell.java b/modules/cells/src/main/java/dmg/cells/nucleus/CellShell.java
index 1083b1e2827..838b9d3e976 100644
--- a/modules/cells/src/main/java/dmg/cells/nucleus/CellShell.java
+++ b/modules/cells/src/main/java/dmg/cells/nucleus/CellShell.java
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@
 import dmg.util.CommandPanicException;
 import dmg.util.CommandSyntaxException;
 import dmg.util.CommandThrowableException;
+import dmg.util.CpuUsage;
 import dmg.util.Exceptions;
 import dmg.util.Formats;
+import dmg.util.FractionalCpuUsage;
 import dmg.util.PropertiesBackedReplaceable;
 import dmg.util.Replaceable;
 import dmg.util.ReplaceableBackedProperties;
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@
 
 import org.dcache.util.Args;
 import org.dcache.util.ColumnWriter;
+import org.dcache.util.ColumnWriter.TabulatedRow;
 import org.dcache.util.Glob;
 
 import static dmg.util.CommandException.checkCommand;
@@ -978,33 +981,58 @@ private void appendWithIndentation(String indentation, String value)
        public String call()
        {
             if (names == null) {
-               List<String> list = _nucleus.getCellNames();
-               if (full) {
-                   ColumnWriter table = new ColumnWriter().headersInColumns()
+                List<String> list = _nucleus.getCellNames();
+                if (full) {
+                    Map<String,FractionalCpuUsage> cellCpuUsage = CellNucleus.getFractionalCellCpuUsage();
+
+                    ColumnWriter table = new ColumnWriter().headersInColumns()
                            .header("Name").left("name").space()
                            .header("State").centre("state").space()
                            .header("Queue").right("queue-length").space()
                            .header("Q-time/ms").right("queue-time").space()
-                           .header("Threads").right("thread").space()
-                           .header("Class").left("class").space()
+                           .header("Threads").right("thread").space();
+                    if (!cellCpuUsage.isEmpty()) {
+                        table.header("System CPU").right("system-cpu").space()
+                                .header("User CPU").right("user-cpu").space();
+                    }
+
+                   table.header("Class").left("class").space()
                            .header("Additional info").left("short-info");
                    for (String name: list) {
                        CellInfo info = _nucleus.getCellInfo(name);
+                       FractionalCpuUsage cpuUsage = cellCpuUsage.get(name);
                        if (info == null) {
                            table.row("name " + name);
                        } else {
-                           // Work around cells where toString shows only
-                           // the cell name.
-                           String shortInfo = info.getShortInfo().equals(name) ? "" : info.getShortInfo();
-                           table.row().value("name", name)
+                            // Work around cells where toString shows only
+                            // the cell name.
+                            String shortInfo = info.getShortInfo().equals(name) ? "" : info.getShortInfo();
+
+                            TabulatedRow row = table.row().value("name", name)
                                    .value("state", info.getStateName().substring(0,1))
                                    .value("queue-length", info.getEventQueueSize())
                                    .value("queue-time", info.getExpectedQueueTime())
                                    .value("thread", info.getThreadCount())
                                    .value("class", info.getCellSimpleClass())
                                    .value("short-info", shortInfo);
+
+                            if (cpuUsage != null) {
+                                String systemUsage = String.format("%.1f%%", cpuUsage.getSystemUsage()*100);
+                                String userUsage = String.format("%.1f%%", cpuUsage.getUserUsage()*100);
+                                row.value("system-cpu", systemUsage)
+                                        .value("user-cpu", userUsage);
+                            }
                        }
                    }
+                    FractionalCpuUsage unknownUsage = cellCpuUsage.get("UNKNOWN");
+                    if (unknownUsage != null) {
+                        String systemUsage = String.format("%.1f%%", unknownUsage.getSystemUsage()*100);
+                        String userUsage = String.format("%.1f%%", unknownUsage.getUserUsage()*100);
+                        table.row().value("name", "UNKNOWN")
+                                .value("system-cpu", systemUsage)
+                                .value("user-cpu", userUsage);
+                    }
+
                    sb.append(table);
                } else {
                    for (String name: list) {