diff --git a/templates/vst3/src/data.h b/templates/vst3/src/data.h
index 4841551..14ef826 100644
--- a/templates/vst3/src/data.h
+++ b/templates/vst3/src/data.h
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ static struct {
 {{~}}
 };
 
+{{?it.product.parameters.find(x => x.direction == "output" && x.isCpumeter)}}
+# define PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX {{=it.product.parameters.indexOf(it.product.parameters.find(x => x.direction == "output" && x.isCpumeter))}}
+{{?}}
+
 # endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/templates/vst3/src/vst3.c b/templates/vst3/src/vst3.c
index adcf8ee..859f4e9 100644
--- a/templates/vst3/src/vst3.c
+++ b/templates/vst3/src/vst3.c
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ typedef struct {
 #include <pmmintrin.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX
+# include "fatica.h"
+#endif
+
 // COM in C doc:
 //   https://github.com/rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck/wiki/COM-in-plain-C
 //   https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040205-00/?p=40733
@@ -225,6 +229,9 @@ typedef struct pluginInstance {
 	char                                           midiOutputsActive[DATA_PRODUCT_BUSES_MIDI_OUTPUT_N];
 #endif
 	void                                          *mem;
+#ifdef PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX
+	float                                         cpu_meter;
+#endif
 } pluginInstance;
 
 static Steinberg_Vst_IComponentVtbl pluginVtblIComponent;
@@ -323,6 +330,9 @@ static Steinberg_tresult pluginInitialize(void *thisInterface, struct Steinberg_
 		p->midiOutputsActive[i] = 0;
 #endif
 	p->mem = NULL;
+#ifdef PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX
+	p->cpu_meter = 0.f;
+#endif
 	return Steinberg_kResultOk;
 }
 
@@ -741,6 +751,10 @@ static void processParams(pluginInstance *p, struct Steinberg_Vst_ProcessData *d
 static Steinberg_tresult pluginProcess(void* thisInterface, struct Steinberg_Vst_ProcessData* data) {
 	TRACE("plugin IAudioProcessor process\n");
 
+#ifdef PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX
+	const unsigned long long processTimeStart = fatica_time_process();
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__aarch64__)
 	uint64_t fpcr;
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("mrs %0, fpcr" : "=r"(fpcr));
@@ -816,7 +830,13 @@ static Steinberg_tresult pluginProcess(void* thisInterface, struct Steinberg_Vst
 	for (Steinberg_int32 i = 0; i < DATA_PRODUCT_PARAMETERS_N; i++) {
 		if (!(parameterInfo[i].flags & Steinberg_Vst_ParameterInfo_ParameterFlags_kIsReadOnly))
 			continue;
-		float v = plugin_get_parameter(&p->p, parameterData[i].index);
+		float v;
+# ifdef PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX
+		if (i == PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX)
+			v = p->cpu_meter;
+		else
+# endif
+		v = plugin_get_parameter(&p->p, parameterData[i].index);
 		if (v == p->parameters[i])
 			continue;
 		p->parameters[i] = v;
@@ -840,6 +860,13 @@ static Steinberg_tresult pluginProcess(void* thisInterface, struct Steinberg_Vst
 	_MM_SET_DENORMALS_ZERO_MODE(denormals_zero_mode);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef PARAM_OUT_CPU_INDEX
+	const unsigned long long processTimeEnd = fatica_time_process();
+	const unsigned long long processTime100n = processTimeEnd - processTimeStart;
+	const double processTimeS = ((double) processTime100n) * 1.0e-7;
+	p->cpu_meter = p->cpu_meter * 0.9f + ((float) (processTimeS * p->sampleRate)) * 0.1f;
+#endif
+
 	return Steinberg_kResultOk;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
index dda595b..f949268 100755
--- a/test/run.sh
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 dir=`dirname $0`
 $dir/../tibia $dir/product.json,$dir/company.json,$dir/vst3.json $dir/../templates/vst3 $dir/../out/vst3
 $dir/../tibia $dir/product.json,$dir/company.json,$dir/vst3.json,$dir/vst3-make.json $dir/../templates/vst3-make $dir/../out/vst3
+cp $dir/../templates/common/* $dir/../out/vst3/src/
 cp $dir/plugin.h $dir/plugin_ui.h $dir/../out/vst3/src
 
 $dir/../tibia $dir/product.json,$dir/company.json,$dir/lv2.json $dir/../templates/lv2 $dir/../out/lv2