diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8da3847..dacaa14 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 -r requirements.txt
+flake8>=2.3.0
 git-review>=1.24
 pylint>=1.3
 pep8>=1.5.7
-flake8>=2.3.0
 sphinx>=1.2.3
+tox>=1.9.0
diff --git a/sshutils.py b/sshutils.py
index 5927326..b64cb59 100644
--- a/sshutils.py
+++ b/sshutils.py
@@ -471,6 +471,28 @@ class SSH(object):
         release_str = self.get_openstack_release(err_output)
         return release_str + " (" + ver_str + ")"
 
+    def get_cpu_info(self):
+        '''
+        Get the CPU info of the controller.
+
+        Note: Here we are assuming the controller node has the exact
+              hardware as the compute nodes.
+        '''
+
+        cmd = 'cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -m1 "model name"'
+        (status, std_output, _) = self.execute(cmd)
+        if status:
+            return "Unknown"
+        model_name = re.search(r":\s(.*)", std_output).group(1)
+
+        cmd = 'cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name" | wc -l'
+        (status, std_output, _) = self.execute(cmd)
+        if status:
+            return "Unknown"
+        cores = std_output.strip()
+
+        return (cores + " * " + model_name)
+
 
 ##################################################
 # Only invoke the module directly for test purposes. Should be
@@ -487,6 +509,7 @@ def main():
     print ssh.pidof('bash')
     print ssh.stat('/tmp')
     print ssh.check_openstack_version()
+    print ssh.get_cpu_info()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/vmtp.py b/vmtp.py
index f089927..b5f0be8 100755
--- a/vmtp.py
+++ b/vmtp.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class ResultsCollector(object):
             if sshcon is not None:
                 self.results['distro'] = sshcon.get_host_os_version()
                 self.results['openstack_version'] = sshcon.check_openstack_version()
+                self.results['cpu_info'] = sshcon.get_cpu_info()
             else:
                 print 'ERROR: Cannot connect to the controller node.'