diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2eb9fa652..5ef68bd45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - [#797](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/797): Provide option for persistent MQTT consumer client sessions.
 - [#799](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/799): Add number of threads for procstat input plugin. Thanks @titilambert!
 - [#776](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/776): Add Zookeeper chroot option to kafka_consumer. Thanks @prune998!
+- [#811](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/811): Add processes plugin for classifying total procs on system. Thanks @titilambert!
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#748](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/748): Fix sensor plugin split on ":"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 - [#773](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/773): Fix duplicate measurements in snmp plugin. Thanks @titilambert!
 - [#708](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/708): packaging: build ARM package
 - [#713](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/713): packaging: insecure permissions error on log directory
+- [#816](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/816): Fix phpfpm panic if fcgi endpoint unreachable.
 
 ## v0.10.4.1
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9c20996a..fb9363100 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -214,11 +214,13 @@ Currently implemented sources:
     * disk
     * diskio
     * swap
+    * processes
 
 Telegraf can also collect metrics via the following service plugins:
 
 * statsd
-* udp listener
+* udp_listener
+* tcp_listener
 * mqtt_consumer
 * kafka_consumer
 * nats_consumer
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index a6057ecd2..3deb7f895 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@
 [[inputs.mem]]
   # no configuration
 
+# Get the number of processes and group them by status
+[[inputs.processes]]
+  # no configuration
+
 # Read metrics about swap memory usage
 [[inputs.swap]]
   # no configuration
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/system/PROCESSES_README.md b/plugins/inputs/system/PROCESSES_README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..006e043fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/PROCESSES_README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Processes Input Plugin
+
+This plugin gathers info about the total number of processes and groups
+them by status (zombie, sleeping, running, etc.)
+
+On linux this plugin requires access to procfs (/proc), on other OSes
+it requires access to execute `ps`.
+
+### Configuration:
+
+```toml
+# Get the number of processes and group them by status
+[[inputs.processes]]
+  # no configuration
+```
+
+### Measurements & Fields:
+
+- processes
+    - blocked (aka disk sleep or uninterruptible sleep)
+    - running
+    - sleeping
+    - stopped
+    - total
+    - zombie
+    - wait (freebsd only)
+    - idle (bsd only)
+    - paging (linux only)
+    - total_threads (linux only)
+
+### Process State Mappings
+
+Different OSes use slightly different State codes for their processes, these
+state codes are documented in `man ps`, and I will give a mapping of what major
+OS state codes correspond to in telegraf metrics:
+
+```
+Linux  FreeBSD  Darwin  meaning
+  R       R       R     running
+  S       S       S     sleeping
+  Z       Z       Z     zombie
+  T       T       T     stopped
+ none     I       I     idle (sleeping for longer than about 20 seconds)
+  D      D,L      U     blocked (waiting in uninterruptible sleep, or locked)
+  W       W      none   paging (linux kernel < 2.6 only), wait (freebsd)
+```
+
+### Tags:
+
+None
+
+### Example Output:
+
+```
+$ telegraf -config ~/ws/telegraf.conf -input-filter processes -test
+* Plugin: processes, Collection 1
+> processes blocked=8i,running=1i,sleeping=265i,stopped=0i,total=274i,zombie=0i,paging=0i,total_threads=687i 1457478636980905042
+```
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/system/processes.go b/plugins/inputs/system/processes.go
index c4b791e3c..b7ee32066 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/processes.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/processes.go
@@ -1,61 +1,216 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 package system
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
-	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/process"
 )
 
 type Processes struct {
+	execPS       func() ([]byte, error)
+	readProcFile func(statFile string) ([]byte, error)
+
+	forcePS   bool
+	forceProc bool
 }
 
-func (_ *Processes) Description() string {
-	return "Get the number of processes and group them by status (Linux only)"
+func (p *Processes) Description() string {
+	return "Get the number of processes and group them by status"
 }
 
-func (_ *Processes) SampleConfig() string { return "" }
+func (p *Processes) SampleConfig() string { return "" }
 
-func (s *Processes) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	pids, err := process.Pids()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error getting pids list: %s", err)
+func (p *Processes) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	// Get an empty map of metric fields
+	fields := getEmptyFields()
+
+	// Decide if we will use 'ps' to get stats (use procfs otherwise)
+	usePS := true
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		usePS = false
 	}
-	// TODO handle other OS (Windows/BSD/Solaris/OSX)
-	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"paging":   uint64(0),
-		"blocked":  uint64(0),
-		"zombie":   uint64(0),
-		"stopped":  uint64(0),
-		"running":  uint64(0),
-		"sleeping": uint64(0),
+	if p.forcePS {
+		usePS = true
+	} else if p.forceProc {
+		usePS = false
 	}
-	for _, pid := range pids {
-		process, err := process.NewProcess(pid)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Can not get process %d status: %s", pid, err)
-			continue
+
+	// Gather stats from 'ps' or procfs
+	if usePS {
+		if err := p.gatherFromPS(fields); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
-		status, err := process.Status()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Can not get process %d status: %s\n", pid, err)
-			continue
+	} else {
+		if err := p.gatherFromProc(fields); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
-		_, exists := fields[status]
-		if !exists {
-			log.Printf("Status '%s' for process with pid: %d\n", status, pid)
-			continue
-		}
-		fields[status] = fields[status].(uint64) + uint64(1)
 	}
 
 	acc.AddFields("processes", fields, nil)
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Gets empty fields of metrics based on the OS
+func getEmptyFields() map[string]interface{} {
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"blocked":  int64(0),
+		"zombie":   int64(0),
+		"stopped":  int64(0),
+		"running":  int64(0),
+		"sleeping": int64(0),
+		"total":    int64(0),
+	}
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "freebsd":
+		fields["idle"] = int64(0)
+		fields["wait"] = int64(0)
+	case "darwin":
+		fields["idle"] = int64(0)
+	case "openbsd":
+		fields["idle"] = int64(0)
+	case "linux":
+		fields["paging"] = int64(0)
+		fields["total_threads"] = int64(0)
+	}
+	return fields
+}
+
+// exec `ps` to get all process states
+func (p *Processes) gatherFromPS(fields map[string]interface{}) error {
+	out, err := p.execPS()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for i, status := range bytes.Fields(out) {
+		if i == 0 && string(status) == "STAT" {
+			// This is a header, skip it
+			continue
+		}
+		switch status[0] {
+		case 'W':
+			fields["wait"] = fields["wait"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'U', 'D', 'L':
+			// Also known as uninterruptible sleep or disk sleep
+			fields["blocked"] = fields["blocked"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'Z':
+			fields["zombie"] = fields["zombie"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'T':
+			fields["stopped"] = fields["stopped"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'R':
+			fields["running"] = fields["running"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'S':
+			fields["sleeping"] = fields["sleeping"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'I':
+			fields["idle"] = fields["idle"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		default:
+			log.Printf("processes: Unknown state [ %s ] from ps",
+				string(status[0]))
+		}
+		fields["total"] = fields["total"].(int64) + int64(1)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// get process states from /proc/(pid)/stat files
+func (p *Processes) gatherFromProc(fields map[string]interface{}) error {
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir("/proc")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if !file.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		statFile := path.Join("/proc", file.Name(), "stat")
+		data, err := p.readProcFile(statFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if data == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		stats := bytes.Fields(data)
+		if len(stats) < 3 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Something is terribly wrong with %s", statFile)
+		}
+		switch stats[2][0] {
+		case 'R':
+			fields["running"] = fields["running"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'S':
+			fields["sleeping"] = fields["sleeping"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'D':
+			fields["blocked"] = fields["blocked"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'Z':
+			fields["zombies"] = fields["zombies"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'T', 't':
+			fields["stopped"] = fields["stopped"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		case 'W':
+			fields["paging"] = fields["paging"].(int64) + int64(1)
+		default:
+			log.Printf("processes: Unknown state [ %s ] in file %s",
+				string(stats[2][0]), statFile)
+		}
+		fields["total"] = fields["total"].(int64) + int64(1)
+
+		threads, err := strconv.Atoi(string(stats[19]))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("processes: Error parsing thread count: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		fields["total_threads"] = fields["total_threads"].(int64) + int64(threads)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func readProcFile(statFile string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(statFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nil, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(statFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return data, nil
+}
+
+func execPS() ([]byte, error) {
+	bin, err := exec.LookPath("ps")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	out, err := exec.Command(bin, "axo", "state").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
 func init() {
 	inputs.Add("processes", func() telegraf.Input {
-		return &Processes{}
+		return &Processes{
+			execPS:       execPS,
+			readProcFile: readProcFile,
+		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/system/processes_test.go b/plugins/inputs/system/processes_test.go
index 246884711..0e2b5e105 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/processes_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/processes_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package system
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
@@ -9,13 +11,136 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestProcesses(t *testing.T) {
-	processes := &Processes{}
+	processes := &Processes{
+		execPS:       execPS,
+		readProcFile: readProcFile,
+	}
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 
 	err := processes.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	assert.True(t, acc.HasUIntField("processes", "running"))
-	assert.True(t, acc.HasUIntField("processes", "sleeping"))
-	assert.True(t, acc.HasUIntField("processes", "stopped"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("processes", "running"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("processes", "sleeping"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("processes", "stopped"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("processes", "total"))
+	total, ok := acc.Get("processes")
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	assert.True(t, total.Fields["total"].(int64) > 0)
 }
+
+func TestFromPS(t *testing.T) {
+	processes := &Processes{
+		execPS:  testExecPS,
+		forcePS: true,
+	}
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := processes.Gather(&acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	fields := getEmptyFields()
+	fields["blocked"] = int64(1)
+	fields["running"] = int64(4)
+	fields["sleeping"] = int64(34)
+	fields["total"] = int64(39)
+
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "processes", fields, map[string]string{})
+}
+
+func TestFromPSError(t *testing.T) {
+	processes := &Processes{
+		execPS:  testExecPSError,
+		forcePS: true,
+	}
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := processes.Gather(&acc)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestFromProcFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		t.Skip("This test only runs on linux")
+	}
+	tester := tester{}
+	processes := &Processes{
+		readProcFile: tester.testProcFile,
+		forceProc:    true,
+	}
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := processes.Gather(&acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	fields := getEmptyFields()
+	fields["sleeping"] = tester.calls
+	fields["total_threads"] = tester.calls * 2
+	fields["total"] = tester.calls
+
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "processes", fields, map[string]string{})
+}
+
+func testExecPS() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(testPSOut), nil
+}
+
+// struct for counting calls to testProcFile
+type tester struct {
+	calls int64
+}
+
+func (t *tester) testProcFile(_ string) ([]byte, error) {
+	t.calls++
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(testProcStat, "S", "2")), nil
+}
+
+func testExecPSError() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(testPSOut), fmt.Errorf("ERROR!")
+}
+
+const testPSOut = `
+STAT
+S
+S
+S
+S
+R
+R
+S
+S
+Ss
+Ss
+S
+SNs
+Ss
+Ss
+S
+R+
+S
+U
+S
+S
+S
+S
+Ss
+S+
+Ss
+S
+S+
+S+
+Ss
+S+
+Ss
+S
+R+
+Ss
+S
+S+
+S+
+Ss
+S+
+`
+
+const testProcStat = `10 (rcuob/0) %s 2 0 0 0 -1 2129984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 %s 0 11 0 0 18446744073709551615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2147483647 0 18446744073709551615 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+`
diff --git a/scripts/circle-test.sh b/scripts/circle-test.sh
index 9a3e0e678..f0288c73e 100755
--- a/scripts/circle-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/circle-test.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ telegraf -sample-config > $tmpdir/config.toml
 exit_if_fail telegraf -config $tmpdir/config.toml \
     -test -input-filter cpu:mem
 
-mv $GOPATH/bin/telegraf $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS
+cat $GOPATH/bin/telegraf | gzip > $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS/telegraf.gz
 
 eval "git describe --exact-match HEAD"
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then