diff --git a/collector/loadavg.go b/collector/loadavg.go
index 1b27a68e..d8d580d2 100644
--- a/collector/loadavg.go
+++ b/collector/loadavg.go
@@ -12,59 +12,56 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 // +build !noloadavg
-// +build !linux
 
 package collector
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/log"
 )
 
-// #include <stdlib.h>
-import "C"
-
 type loadavgCollector struct {
-	metric prometheus.Gauge
+	metric []prometheus.Gauge
 }
 
 func init() {
 	Factories["loadavg"] = NewLoadavgCollector
 }
 
-// Takes a prometheus registry and returns a new Collector exposing
-// load1 stat.
+// Take a prometheus registry and return a new Collector exposing load average.
 func NewLoadavgCollector() (Collector, error) {
 	return &loadavgCollector{
-		metric: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Namespace: Namespace,
-			Name:      "load1",
-			Help:      "1m load average.",
-		}),
+		metric: []prometheus.Gauge{
+			prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+				Namespace: Namespace,
+				Name:      "load1",
+				Help:      "1m load average.",
+			}),
+			prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+				Namespace: Namespace,
+				Name:      "load5",
+				Help:      "5m load average.",
+			}),
+			prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+				Namespace: Namespace,
+				Name:      "load15",
+				Help:      "15m load average.",
+			}),
+		},
 	}, nil
 }
 
 func (c *loadavgCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
-	load, err := getLoad1()
+	loads, err := getLoad()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get load: %s", err)
 	}
-	log.Debugf("Set node_load: %f", load)
-	c.metric.Set(load)
-	c.metric.Collect(ch)
+	for i, load := range loads {
+		log.Debugf("Set load %d: %f", i, load)
+		c.metric[i].Set(load)
+		c.metric[i].Collect(ch)
+	}
 	return err
 }
-
-func getLoad1() (float64, error) {
-	var loadavg [1]C.double
-	samples := C.getloadavg(&loadavg[0], 1)
-	if samples > 0 {
-		return float64(loadavg[0]), nil
-	} else {
-		return 0, errors.New("failed to get load average")
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/collector/loadavg_linux.go b/collector/loadavg_linux.go
index b03cf02f..668d3eda 100644
--- a/collector/loadavg_linux.go
+++ b/collector/loadavg_linux.go
@@ -20,55 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/prometheus/common/log"
 )
 
-type loadavgCollector struct {
-	metric []prometheus.Gauge
-}
-
-func init() {
-	Factories["loadavg"] = NewLoadavgCollector
-}
-
-// Take a prometheus registry and return a new Collector exposing load average.
-func NewLoadavgCollector() (Collector, error) {
-	return &loadavgCollector{
-		metric: []prometheus.Gauge{
-			prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-				Namespace: Namespace,
-				Name:      "load1",
-				Help:      "1m load average.",
-			}),
-			prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-				Namespace: Namespace,
-				Name:      "load5",
-				Help:      "5m load average.",
-			}),
-			prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-				Namespace: Namespace,
-				Name:      "load15",
-				Help:      "15m load average.",
-			}),
-		},
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func (c *loadavgCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
-	loads, err := getLoad()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get load: %s", err)
-	}
-	for i, load := range loads {
-		log.Debugf("Set load %d: %f", i, load)
-		c.metric[i].Set(load)
-		c.metric[i].Collect(ch)
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
 // Read loadavg from /proc.
 func getLoad() (loads []float64, err error) {
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(procFilePath("loadavg"))
diff --git a/collector/loadavg_unix.go b/collector/loadavg_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f121a657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/loadavg_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd netbsd openbsd solaris
+// +build !noloadavg
+
+package collector
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+// #include <stdlib.h>
+import "C"
+
+func getLoad() ([]float64, error) {
+	var loadavg [3]C.double
+	samples := C.getloadavg(&loadavg[0], 3)
+	if samples > 0 {
+		return []float64{float64(loadavg[0]), float64(loadavg[1]), float64(loadavg[2])}, nil
+	} else {
+		return nil, errors.New("failed to get load average")
+	}
+}