diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25db2bc..a9c4dd4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
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-Package numcpus provides information about the number of CPU.
+Package numcpus provides information about the number of CPU in a system.
 
-It gets the number of CPUs (online, offline, present, possible or kernel
-maximum) on a Linux, Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,  DragonflyBSD or
+It gets the number of CPUs (online, offline, present, possible, configured or
+kernel maximum) on a Linux, Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,  DragonflyBSD or
 Solaris/Illumos system.
 
 On Linux, the information is retrieved by reading the corresponding CPU
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ func main() {
 
 ## References
 
-* [Linux kernel sysfs documenation for CPU attributes](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu)
+* [Linux kernel sysfs documentation for CPU attributes](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu)
 * [Linux kernel CPU topology documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cputopology.txt)
diff --git a/numcpus.go b/numcpus.go
index 1023e40..aab0bdd 100644
--- a/numcpus.go
+++ b/numcpus.go
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ import "errors"
 // ErrNotSupported is the error returned when the function is not supported.
 var ErrNotSupported = errors.New("function not supported")
 
+// GetConfigured returns the number of CPUs configured on the system. This
+// function should return the same value as `getconf _SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF` on a
+// unix system.
+func GetConfigured() (int, error) {
+	return getConfigured()
+}
+
 // GetKernelMax returns the maximum number of CPUs allowed by the kernel
 // configuration. This function is only supported on Linux systems.
 func GetKernelMax() (int, error) {
diff --git a/numcpus_bsd.go b/numcpus_bsd.go
index dddf928..12bcc34 100644
--- a/numcpus_bsd.go
+++ b/numcpus_bsd.go
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+func getConfigured() (int, error) {
+	n, err := unix.SysctlUint32("hw.ncpu")
+	return int(n), err
+}
+
 func getKernelMax() (int, error) {
 	return 0, ErrNotSupported
 }
diff --git a/numcpus_linux.go b/numcpus_linux.go
index 554d2bf..a8d96d6 100644
--- a/numcpus_linux.go
+++ b/numcpus_linux.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package numcpus
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -55,6 +56,28 @@ func parseCPURange(cpus string) (int, error) {
 	return n, nil
 }
 
+func getConfigured() (int, error) {
+	d, err := os.Open(sysfsCPUBasePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer d.Close()
+	fis, err := d.Readdir(-1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	count := 0
+	for _, fi := range fis {
+		if name := fi.Name(); fi.IsDir() && strings.HasPrefix(name, "cpu") {
+			_, err := strconv.ParseInt(name[3:], 10, 64)
+			if err == nil {
+				count++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return count, nil
+}
+
 func getKernelMax() (int, error) {
 	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(sysfsCPUBasePath, "kernel_max"))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/numcpus_solaris.go b/numcpus_solaris.go
index 92c7d77..a264323 100644
--- a/numcpus_solaris.go
+++ b/numcpus_solaris.go
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ const (
 	_SC_NPROCESSORS_MAX  = 516
 )
 
+func getConfigured() (int, error) {
+	n, err := unix.Sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF)
+	return int(n), err
+}
+
 func getKernelMax() (int, error) {
 	n, err := unix.Sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_MAX)
 	return int(n), err
diff --git a/numcpus_test.go b/numcpus_test.go
index 93a8f87..d3794c2 100644
--- a/numcpus_test.go
+++ b/numcpus_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ func testGetconf(t *testing.T, got int, name, getconfWhich string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetConfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	n, err := numcpus.GetConfigured()
+	if errors.Is(err, numcpus.ErrNotSupported) {
+		t.Skipf("GetConfigured not supported on %s", runtime.GOOS)
+	} else if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetConfigured: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("Configured = %v", n)
+
+	testGetconf(t, n, "GetConfigured", "_NPROCESSORS_CONF")
+}
+
 func TestGetKernelMax(t *testing.T) {
 	n, err := numcpus.GetKernelMax()
 	if errors.Is(err, numcpus.ErrNotSupported) {
diff --git a/numcpus_unsupported.go b/numcpus_unsupported.go
index 1bec9d7..ef79066 100644
--- a/numcpus_unsupported.go
+++ b/numcpus_unsupported.go
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 
 package numcpus
 
+func getConfigured() (int, error) {
+	return 0, ErrNotSupported
+}
+
 func getKernelMax() (int, error) {
 	return 0, ErrNotSupported
 }