diff --git a/check_cpu b/check_cpu
index a91949c8883b7e2de46aa2d99efa23de31e6d589..9e6687b5a70af690541b46dacb95d39116903cfb 100755
--- a/check_cpu
+++ b/check_cpu
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@
 # 2021-02-10  v1.4  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> added critical io wait
 # 2021-10-28  v1.5  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> Use 2nd update of top
 # 2021-12-10  v1.6  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> show processes with status D to find cpu waits
+# 2022-03-09  v1.7  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> show most cpu intensive processes
 # ======================================================================
 
 
 . `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
 tmpfile=/tmp/check_cpu_$$
 
+iMinCpuUsageToShowProcesses=30
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # functions
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ function showHelp(){
 cat <<EOF
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
-CHECK_CPU check cpu usage and cpu wait v1.6
+CHECK_CPU check cpu usage and cpu wait v1.7
 
 (c) Institute for Medical Education - Univerity of Bern
 Licence: GNU GPL 3
@@ -135,6 +138,14 @@ echo "$plist" | grep "[0-9]" >/dev/null \
     && echo "For analysis of cpu waits - processes with status D:" \
     && echo "$plist"
 
+# v1.7: show most consuming processes if usage is > nn %
+typeset -i iUsed=$( echo $cpuNonIdle | cut -f 1 -d '.' )
+if [ $iUsed -gt $iMinCpuUsageToShowProcesses ]; then
+  echo
+  echo "CPU usage is higher $iMinCpuUsageToShowProcesses percent ... showing most consuming processes:"
+  ps aux | head -1; ps aux | sort -nrk 3,3 | head -n 5
+fi 
+
 echo "
 Limits: usage warn at ${iWarnLimit} .. critical at ${iCriticalLimit} .. io wait limit ${iCriticalWait}
 $sInfo