diff --git a/include/modules/battery.hpp b/include/modules/battery.hpp
index 5ccefc36..57dce08e 100644
--- a/include/modules/battery.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/battery.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace modules {
     using state_reader = mutex_wrapper<value_reader<bool /* is_charging */>>;
     using capacity_reader = mutex_wrapper<value_reader<int /* percentage */>>;
     using rate_reader = mutex_wrapper<value_reader<unsigned long /* seconds */>>;
+    using consumption_reader = mutex_wrapper<value_reader<string /* watts */>>;
 
    public:
     explicit battery_module(const bar_settings&, string);
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ namespace modules {
     state current_state();
     int current_percentage(state state);
     string current_time();
+    string current_consumption();
     void subthread();
 
    private:
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ namespace modules {
     unique_ptr<state_reader> m_state_reader;
     unique_ptr<capacity_reader> m_capacity_reader;
     unique_ptr<rate_reader> m_rate_reader;
+    unique_ptr<consumption_reader> m_consumption_reader;
 
     label_t m_label_charging;
     label_t m_label_discharging;
diff --git a/src/modules/battery.cpp b/src/modules/battery.cpp
index cc3974a2..bbf6f6a2 100644
--- a/src/modules/battery.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/battery.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,21 @@ namespace modules {
       return 0UL;
     });
 
+    // Make consumption reader
+    m_consumption_reader = make_unique<consumption_reader>([this] {
+      unsigned long current{std::strtoul(file_util::contents(m_frate).c_str(), nullptr, 10)};
+      unsigned long voltage{std::strtoul(file_util::contents(m_fvoltage).c_str(), nullptr, 10)};
+	  
+      float consumption = ((voltage / 1000.0) * (current /  1000.0)) / 1e6;
+	
+      // convert to string with 2 decimmal places
+      string rtn(16, '\0'); // 16 should be plenty big. Cant see it needing more than 6/7..
+      auto written = std::snprintf(&rtn[0], rtn.size(), "%.2f", consumption); 
+      rtn.resize(written);
+
+      return rtn;
+    });
+
     // Load state and capacity level
     m_state = current_state();
     m_percentage = current_percentage(m_state);
@@ -201,7 +216,8 @@ namespace modules {
     if (label) {
       label->reset_tokens();
       label->replace_token("%percentage%", to_string(m_percentage));
-
+      label->replace_token("%consumption%", current_consumption());
+	  
       if (m_state != battery_module::state::FULL && !m_timeformat.empty()) {
         label->replace_token("%time%", current_time());
       }
@@ -270,6 +286,13 @@ namespace modules {
     return percentage;
   }
 
+  /**
+  * Get the current power consumption
+  */
+  string battery_module::current_consumption() {
+    return read(*m_consumption_reader);	
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get estimate of remaining time until fully dis-/charged
    */