diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 76ef6f873a..186c6c2fc9 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-CVE-2014-9112-pt4.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-CVE-2014-9112-pt5.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cpio-gets-undeclared.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/cpufrequtils-fix-aclocal.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/cssc-gets-undeclared.patch               \
   gnu/packages/patches/cssc-missing-include.patch               \
   gnu/packages/patches/clucene-contribs-lib.patch               \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 33214eb366..dc280a01fe 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -1961,3 +1961,31 @@ also contains the libsysfs library.")
              (("includedir='(\\$\\{prefix\\}/include)'" all orig)
               (string-append "includedir='" orig "/sysfs'")))))))
     (synopsis "System utilities based on Linux sysfs (version 1.x)")))
+
+(define-public cpufrequtils
+  (package
+    (name "cpufrequtils")
+    (version "0.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri
+        (string-append
+         "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils-"
+         version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0qfqv7nqmjfr3p0bwrdlxkiqwqr7vmx053cadaa548ybqbghxmvm"))
+       (patches (list (search-patch "cpufrequtils-fix-aclocal.patch")))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("sysfsutils" ,sysfsutils-1)))
+    (arguments
+     '(#:make-flags (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
+                                         (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib"))))
+    (home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/")
+    (synopsis "Utilities to get and set CPU frequency on Linux")
+    (description
+     "The cpufrequtils suite contains utilities to retreive CPU frequency
+information, and set the CPU frequency if supported, using the cpufreq
+capabilities of the Linux kernel.")
+    (license gpl2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/cpufrequtils-fix-aclocal.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/cpufrequtils-fix-aclocal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be5767f462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/cpufrequtils-fix-aclocal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Add an extra layer of quoting to ltmain.sh sanity check.
+
+--- a/configure	2005-05-07 14:19:31.000000000 +0200
++++ b/configure	2015-02-10 11:16:32.456146934 +0100
+@@ -6266,7 +6266,7 @@
+   exit 1
+ fi
+ gentoo_lt_version="1.5.16"
+-gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[:space:]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[:space:]*VERSION=||'`
++gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[[:space:]]*VERSION=||'`
+ if test "$gentoo_lt_version" != "$gentoo_ltmain_version"; then
+   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+--- a/aclocal.m4	2005-05-07 14:19:25.000000000 +0200
++++ b/aclocal.m4	2015-02-10 11:16:15.352030318 +0100
+@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
+   exit 1
+ fi
+ gentoo_lt_version="1.5.16"
+-gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[[:space:]]*VERSION=||'`
++gentoo_ltmain_version=`[grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[[:space:]]*VERSION=||']`
+ if test "$gentoo_lt_version" != "$gentoo_ltmain_version"; then
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+   echo
+--- a/libcpufreq/configure	2005-05-07 14:19:31.000000000 +0200
++++ b/libcpufreq/configure	2015-02-10 11:16:32.456146934 +0100
+@@ -6266,7 +6266,7 @@
+   exit 1
+ fi
+ gentoo_lt_version="1.5.16"
+-gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[:space:]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[:space:]*VERSION=||'`
++gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[[:space:]]*VERSION=||'`
+ if test "$gentoo_lt_version" != "$gentoo_ltmain_version"; then
+   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+--- a/libcpufreq/aclocal.m4	2005-05-07 14:19:25.000000000 +0200
++++ b/libcpufreq/aclocal.m4	2015-02-10 11:16:15.352030318 +0100
+@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
+   exit 1
+ fi
+ gentoo_lt_version="1.5.16"
+-gentoo_ltmain_version=`grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[[:space:]]*VERSION=||'`
++gentoo_ltmain_version=`[grep '^[[:space:]]*VERSION=' $ltmain | sed -e 's|^[[:space:]]*VERSION=||']`
+ if test "$gentoo_lt_version" != "$gentoo_ltmain_version"; then
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+   echo