diff --git a/src/bin/izoli.rs b/src/bin/izoli.rs
index 44c9839..5e2efff 100644
--- a/src/bin/izoli.rs
+++ b/src/bin/izoli.rs
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ fn main() {
     println!("{:?}", cgroup.read("cgroup.type"));
     println!("{:?}", cgroup.get_controllers());
     println!("{:?}", cgroup.get_procs());
+    println!("{:?}", cgroup.get_stat());
 }
diff --git a/src/cgroup/cgroup.rs b/src/cgroup/cgroup.rs
index 96d1fd8..d1e2ca7 100644
--- a/src/cgroup/cgroup.rs
+++ b/src/cgroup/cgroup.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
-use super::controller::Controller;
+use super::{cgroup_stat::CGroupStat, controller::Controller};
 
 pub struct CGroup {
     pub path: PathBuf,
@@ -76,4 +76,10 @@ impl CGroup {
 
         Ok(procs)
     }
+
+    pub fn get_stat(&self) -> Result<CGroupStat, std::io::Error> {
+        let stat = self.read("cgroup.stat")?;
+
+        Ok(CGroupStat::from_str(&stat).unwrap())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/cgroup/cgroup_stat.rs b/src/cgroup/cgroup_stat.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6ece8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cgroup/cgroup_stat.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct CGroupStat {
+    pub nr_descendants: u64,
+    pub nr_dying_descendants: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ParseCGroupStatError;
+
+impl FromStr for CGroupStat {
+    type Err = ParseCGroupStatError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let mut stat = Self {
+            nr_descendants: 0,
+            nr_dying_descendants: 0,
+        };
+
+        s.lines()
+            .map(|l| l.trim().split(" ").collect())
+            .for_each(|s: Vec<&str>| match &*s[0] {
+                "nr_descendants" => stat.nr_descendants = u64::from_str(s[1]).unwrap(),
+                "nr_dying_descendants" => stat.nr_dying_descendants = u64::from_str(s[1]).unwrap(),
+                _ => (),
+            });
+
+        Ok(stat)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cgroup/controller.rs b/src/cgroup/controller.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac56bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cgroup/controller.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Controller {
+    Cpu,
+    Cpuset,
+    Memory,
+    Io,
+    Hugetlb,
+    Misc,
+    Pids,
+    Rdma,
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ParseControllerError;
+
+impl FromStr for Controller {
+    type Err = ParseControllerError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match &*s {
+            "cpu" => Ok(Self::Cpu),
+            "cpuset" => Ok(Self::Cpuset),
+            "memory" => Ok(Self::Memory),
+            "io" => Ok(Self::Io),
+            "hugetlb" => Ok(Self::Hugetlb),
+            "misc" => Ok(Self::Misc),
+            "pids" => Ok(Self::Pids),
+            "rdma" => Ok(Self::Rdma),
+            _ => Err(ParseControllerError),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cgroup/mod.rs b/src/cgroup/mod.rs
index bcb5b67..d3a6bdd 100644
--- a/src/cgroup/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cgroup/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod cgroup;
+pub mod cgroup_stat;
 pub mod controller;