diff --git a/plyer/tests/common.py b/plyer/tests/common.py
index db7dfaf8f..1bf01336c 100644
--- a/plyer/tests/common.py
+++ b/plyer/tests/common.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 '''
 
 import traceback
+from os import sep
+from os.path import normpath, splitdrive
 from plyer.utils import platform as plyer_platform
 
 
@@ -59,3 +61,18 @@ def platform_import(platform, module_name, whereis_exe=None):
     if whereis_exe:
         mod.whereis_exe = whereis_exe
     return mod
+
+
+def splitpath(path):
+    '''
+    Split string path into a list of folders (+ file if available).
+    '''
+    if path[0] == sep and path[1] != sep:
+        path = path[1:]
+        path = normpath(path).split(sep)
+    else:
+        drive, path = splitdrive(path)
+        if path[0] == sep and path[1] != sep:
+            path = path[1:]
+        path = [drive, ] + normpath(path).split(sep)
+    return path
diff --git a/plyer/tests/test_cpu.py b/plyer/tests/test_cpu.py
index e7abd34d9..0cfc8b8f3 100644
--- a/plyer/tests/test_cpu.py
+++ b/plyer/tests/test_cpu.py
@@ -11,10 +11,68 @@
 import sys
 import unittest
 from os import environ
+from os.path import join
 from mock import patch, Mock
 from textwrap import dedent
 
-from plyer.tests.common import PlatformTest, platform_import
+from plyer.tests.common import PlatformTest, platform_import, splitpath
+
+
+class MockedKernelCPU(object):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.fname = args[0] if args else ''
+        self.cpu_path = join('/sys', 'devices', 'system', 'cpu')
+        self.cores = 16
+        self.indicies = 4
+
+    def __enter__(self, *args):
+        file_value = None
+        cpu_path = self.cpu_path
+        spath = splitpath(self.fname)
+
+        if self.fname == join(cpu_path, 'present'):
+            file_value = Mock()
+            file_value.read.return_value = self.present
+        elif spath[5] == 'cache' and spath[7] == 'level':
+            file_value = Mock()
+            # force bytes, because reading files as bytes
+            file_value.read.return_value = str(
+                self.index_types[spath[4]][spath[6]][spath[7]]
+            ).encode('utf-8')
+        return file_value
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def present(self):
+        rng = list(range(self.cores))
+        start = str(rng[0])
+        end = str(rng[-1])
+        if start == end:  # cores == 1 --> b'0'
+            value = str(start)
+        else:  # cores > 1 --> b'0-n'
+            value = str('-'.join([start, end]))
+        return value.encode('utf-8')
+
+    @property
+    def listdir(self):
+        return ['index{}'.format(i) for i in range(self.indicies)]
+
+    @property
+    def index_types(self):
+        # assign L1 to index0-1, L2 to 2, L3 to 3
+        types = {0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 3}
+
+        return {
+            'cpu{}'.format(c): {
+                'index{}'.format(i): {
+                    'level': types[i]
+                }
+                for i in range(self.indicies)
+            }
+            for c in range(self.cores)
+        }
 
 
 class MockedNProc(object):
@@ -164,6 +222,31 @@ def test_cpu_linux_logical(self):
             cpu.logical, MockedNProc.logical()
         )
 
+    @PlatformTest('linux')
+    def test_cpu_linux_cache(self):
+        cpu = platform_import(
+            platform='linux',
+            module_name='cpu',
+            whereis_exe=lambda b: b == 'nproc'
+        ).instance()
+
+        stub = MockedKernelCPU
+        py2_target = '__builtin__.open'
+        py3_target = 'builtins.open'
+        target = py3_target if sys.version_info.major == 3 else py2_target
+        sub_target = 'plyer.platforms.linux.cpu.listdir'
+
+        with patch(target=target, new=stub):
+            with patch(target=sub_target, return_value=stub().listdir):
+                sb = stub()
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    cpu.cache, {
+                        'L1': sb.cores * 2,
+                        'L2': sb.cores,
+                        'L3': sb.cores
+                    }
+                )
+
     @PlatformTest('win')
     def test_cpu_win_logical(self):
         cpu = platform_import(