diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 0386c6df..9724f2da 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ class ceilometer::params {
     'volume.snapshot.size',
     'volume.backup.size',
     'hardware.cpu.util',
+    'hardware.cpu.user',
+    'hardware.cpu.nice',
+    'hardware.cpu.system',
+    'hardware.cpu.idle',
+    'hardware.cpu.wait',
+    'hardware.cpu.kernel',
+    'hardware.cpu.interrupt',
     'hardware.memory.used',
     'hardware.memory.total',
     'hardware.memory.buffer',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/hardware-cpu-meters-664cb6753d5efc81.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/hardware-cpu-meters-664cb6753d5efc81.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aaf2abfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/hardware-cpu-meters-664cb6753d5efc81.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The following meters are enabled by default when
+    ``ceilometer::agent::polling::manage_polling`` is ``true``.
+
+    - hardware.cpu.user
+    - hardware.cpu.nice
+    - hardware.cpu.system
+    - hardware.cpu.idle
+    - hardware.cpu.wait
+    - hardware.cpu.kernel
+    - hardware.cpu.interrupt
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb
index e5867ff3..140a39bb 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_agent_polling_spec.rb
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ sources:
         - volume.snapshot.size
         - volume.backup.size
         - hardware.cpu.util
+        - hardware.cpu.user
+        - hardware.cpu.nice
+        - hardware.cpu.system
+        - hardware.cpu.idle
+        - hardware.cpu.wait
+        - hardware.cpu.kernel
+        - hardware.cpu.interrupt
         - hardware.memory.used
         - hardware.memory.total
         - hardware.memory.buffer