diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
index e5f19f20b8..d0195c5daa 100644
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
@@ -110,22 +110,29 @@ function sysinfo()
 	local c2 = "uname -m 2>/dev/null"
 	local c3 = "cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep model\\ name|cut -d: -f2 2>/dev/null"
 	local c4 = "cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep cpu\\ model|cut -d: -f2 2>/dev/null"
-	local c5 = "cat /proc/meminfo|grep MemTotal|cut -d: -f2 2>/dev/null"
+	local c5 = "cat /proc/meminfo|grep MemTotal|awk {' print $2 '} 2>/dev/null"
+	local c6 = "cat /proc/meminfo|grep ^Cached|awk {' print $2 '} 2>/dev/null"
+	local c7 = "cat /proc/meminfo|grep MemFree|awk {' print $2 '} 2>/dev/null"
+	local c8 = "cat /proc/meminfo|grep Buffers|awk {' print $2 '} 2>/dev/null"
 	
-	local s = luci.util.trim(exec(c1))
-	local m = ""
-	local r = ""
-	
-	if s == "" then
-		s = luci.util.trim(exec(c2))
-		m = luci.util.trim(exec(c3))
+	local system = luci.util.trim(exec(c1))
+	local model = ""              
+	local memtotal = luci.util.trim(exec(c5))
+	local memcached = luci.util.trim(exec(c6))
+	local memfree = luci.util.trim(exec(c7))
+	local membuffers = luci.util.trim(exec(c8))
+	local perc_memfree = math.floor((memfree/memtotal)*100)
+	local perc_membuffers = math.floor((membuffers/memtotal)*100)
+	local perc_memcached = math.floor((memcached/memtotal)*100)
+
+	if system == "" then
+		system = luci.util.trim(exec(c2))
+		model = luci.util.trim(exec(c3))
 	else
-		m = luci.util.trim(exec(c4))
+		model = luci.util.trim(exec(c4))
 	end
-	
-	r = luci.util.trim(exec(c5))
-	
-	return s, m, r
+
+	return system, model, memtotal, memcached, membuffers, memfree, perc_memfree, perc_membuffers, perc_memcached
 end
 
 -- Reads the syslog
diff --git a/modules/freifunk/luasrc/controller/freifunk/freifunk.lua b/modules/freifunk/luasrc/controller/freifunk/freifunk.lua
index 78cb92f2a7..351a094482 100644
--- a/modules/freifunk/luasrc/controller/freifunk/freifunk.lua
+++ b/modules/freifunk/luasrc/controller/freifunk/freifunk.lua
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ end
 function action_status()
 	local data = {}
 	
-	data.s, data.m, data.r = luci.sys.sysinfo()
+	data.system, data.model, data.memtotal, data.memcached, data.membuffers, data.memfree, data.perc_memfree, data.perc_membuffers, data.perc_memcached = luci.sys.sysinfo()
+
 	
 	data.wifi = luci.sys.wifi.getiwconfig()
 	
diff --git a/modules/freifunk/luasrc/i18n/freifunk.de.lua b/modules/freifunk/luasrc/i18n/freifunk.de.lua
index e54e9b0271..e662163a4e 100644
--- a/modules/freifunk/luasrc/i18n/freifunk.de.lua
+++ b/modules/freifunk/luasrc/i18n/freifunk.de.lua
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ node = [[Knoten]]
 note = [[Notiz]]
 phone = [[Telefon]]
 ram = [[Hauptspeicher]]
+free = [[Frei]]
+buffers = [[Buffers]]
+cached = [[Cached]]
+total = [[Gesamt]]
 geocoord = [[Geokoordinaten]]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/freifunk/luasrc/view/public_status/index.htm b/modules/freifunk/luasrc/view/public_status/index.htm
index 5789e3ad91..a10f22f431 100644
--- a/modules/freifunk/luasrc/view/public_status/index.htm
+++ b/modules/freifunk/luasrc/view/public_status/index.htm
@@ -20,15 +20,21 @@ $Id$
 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" class="smalltext">
 <tr>
 <th><%:system_type%>:</th>
-<td><%=s%></td>
+<td><%=system%></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <th><%:cpu%>:</th>
-<td><%=m%></td>
+<td><%=model%></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<th><%:ram%>:</th>
-<td><%=r%></td>
+<th><%:ram%>:<br /><small><%:total%>/<%:cached%>/<%:buffers%>/<%:free%></small></th>
+<td><%=memtotal%> / <%=memcached%> / <%=membuffers%> / <%=memfree%> KB<br />
+<div id="memorybar">
+	<div id="memfree" style="width:<%=perc_memfree%>%"></div> 
+	<div id="membuffers" style="width:<%=perc_membuffers%>%"></div>
+	<div id="memcached" style="width:<%=perc_memcached%>%"></div>
+</div>
+</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <br /><br />
diff --git a/themes/fledermaus/htdocs/luci-static/fledermaus/cascade.css b/themes/fledermaus/htdocs/luci-static/fledermaus/cascade.css
index 8f30015f38..89db2e53be 100644
--- a/themes/fledermaus/htdocs/luci-static/fledermaus/cascade.css
+++ b/themes/fledermaus/htdocs/luci-static/fledermaus/cascade.css
@@ -294,4 +294,30 @@ code {
 .ok {
 	color: green;
 	font-weight: bold;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+#memorybar {
+	width:200px;
+	height:9px;
+	border:1px solid #bbb;
+	background-color: #262626;
+}
+
+#memfree, #membuffers, #memcached {
+	float:right;
+	border:1px solid #262626;
+	height:7px;
+}
+
+#memfree {
+	background-color:green;
+}
+
+#membuffers {
+	background-color:#ffcb05;
+}
+
+#memcached {
+	background-color:#dc0065;
+}
+
diff --git a/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css b/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css
index 824b04ba4b..de3246b2e7 100644
--- a/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css
+++ b/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css
@@ -354,6 +354,31 @@ td.cbi-section-table-optionals {
 	font-size: 70%;
 }
 
+#memorybar {
+	width:200px;
+	height:8px;
+	border:1px solid #bbb;
+	background-color:red
+}
+
+#memfree, #membuffers, #memcached {
+	float:right;
+	border:1px solid #bbb;
+	height:6px;
+}
+
+#memfree {
+	background-color:green;
+}
+
+#membuffers {
+	background-color:yellow;
+}
+
+#memcached {
+	background-color:orange;
+}
+
 
 /* obligatory IE6 Voodoo Code */
 * html body {
@@ -406,3 +431,4 @@ td.cbi-section-table-optionals {
 * html div.cbi-value-description {
 	margin-left: 40%;
 }
+