diff --git a/tuned/plugins/plugin_cpu.py b/tuned/plugins/plugin_cpu.py
index f2a54bc..8adf0ec 100644
--- a/tuned/plugins/plugin_cpu.py
+++ b/tuned/plugins/plugin_cpu.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import tuned.plugins
 import tuned.logs
 import tuned.monitors
+import tuned.utils.commands
 import os
 import struct
 
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ class CPULatencyPlugin(tuned.plugins.Plugin):
 		self._latency = None
 		self._cpu_latency_fd = os.open("/dev/cpu_dma_latency", os.O_WRONLY)
 		self._load_monitor = tuned.monitors.get_repository().create("load", devices)
+		self._commands_run = False
+
+		if not tuned.utils.storage.Storage.get_instance().data.has_key("cpu"):
+			tuned.utils.storage.Storage.get_instance().data["cpu"] = {}
 
 	@classmethod
 	def _get_default_options(cls):
@@ -25,14 +30,20 @@ class CPULatencyPlugin(tuned.plugins.Plugin):
 			"load_threshold" : 0.2,
 			"latency_low"    : 100,
 			"latency_high"   : 1000,
+			"cpu_governor"   : "",
 		}
 
 	def cleanup(self):
+		self._revert_cpu_governor()
 		tuned.monitors.get_repository().delete(self._load_monitor)
 
 		os.close(self._cpu_latency_fd)
 
 	def update_tuning(self):
+		if not self._commands_run:
+			self._apply_cpu_governor()
+			self._commands_run = True
+
 		load = self._load_monitor.get_load()["system"]
 		if load < self._options["load_threshold"]:
 			self._set_latency(self._options["latency_high"])
@@ -46,3 +57,35 @@ class CPULatencyPlugin(tuned.plugins.Plugin):
 			latency_bin = struct.pack("i", latency)
 			os.write(self._cpu_latency_fd, latency_bin)
 			self._latency = latency
+
+# COMMANDS:
+
+	def _apply_cpu_governor(self):
+		self._revert_cpu_governor()
+
+		if len(self._options["cpu_governor"]) == 0:
+			return False
+
+		storage = tuned.utils.storage.Storage.get_instance()
+		old_value = tuned.utils.commands.execute(["cpupower", "frequency-info", "-p"])
+		if old_value.startswith("analyzing CPU"):
+			try:
+				old_value = old_value.split('\n')[1].split(' ')[2]
+				storage.data["cpu"]["cpu_governor"] = old_value
+				storage.save()
+			except IndexError:
+				pass
+				
+
+		tuned.utils.commands.execute(["cpupower", "frequency-set", "-g", self._options["cpu_governor"]])
+		return True
+
+	def _revert_cpu_governor(self):
+		storage = tuned.utils.storage.Storage.get_instance()
+		if storage.data["cpu"].has_key("cpu_governor"):
+			tuned.utils.commands.execute(["cpupower", "frequency-set", "-g", storage.data["cpu"]["cpu_governor"]])
+			del storage.data["cpu"]["cpu_governor"]
+
+		
+
+			
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