diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/cpu.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/cpu.py
index 6649ba1..e3e0dfe 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/cpu.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/metrics/cpu.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from ._report import Report, ReportData
 def _hwdata() -> Iterator[ReportData]:
     yield ReportData.from_settings(
         name=SETTINGS.cpu.name,
-        value=psutil.cpu_percent(interval=1),
+        value=psutil.cpu_percent(interval=SETTINGS.cpu.interval),
         settings=SETTINGS.cpu,
     )
 
diff --git a/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/metric.py b/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/metric.py
index a853d72..49e1b23 100644
--- a/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/metric.py
+++ b/kiwi_simple_metrics/settings/metric.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class CpuMS(MetricSettings):
     name: str = "CPU"
     threshold: float = math.inf
 
+    # timespan to analyze average CPU usage
+    interval: float = 1
+
 
 class MemoryMS(MetricSettings):
     name: str = "Memory"