diff --git a/sys-utils/lscpu.c b/sys-utils/lscpu.c
index 9e4e1c057..aba7ab8bf 100644
--- a/sys-utils/lscpu.c
+++ b/sys-utils/lscpu.c
@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ struct cpu_cache {
 	cpu_set_t	**sharedmaps;
 };
 
+/* dispatching modes */
+enum {
+	DISP_HORIZONTAL = 0,
+	DISP_VERTICAL	= 1
+};
+
+const char *disp_modes[] = {
+	[DISP_HORIZONTAL]	= N_("horizontal"),
+	[DISP_VERTICAL]		= N_("vertical")
+};
+
 /* global description */
 struct lscpu_desc {
 	char	*arch;
@@ -110,6 +121,7 @@ struct lscpu_desc {
 	char	*stepping;
 	char    *bogomips;
 	char	*flags;
+	int	dispatching;	/* none, horizontal or vertical */
 	int	mode;		/* rm, lm or/and tm */
 
 	int		ncpus;		/* number of CPUs */
@@ -478,6 +490,12 @@ read_basicinfo(struct lscpu_desc *desc)
 		desc->online = path_cpulist(_PATH_SYS_SYSTEM "/cpu/online");
 		desc->nthreads = CPU_COUNT_S(setsize, desc->online);
 	}
+
+	/* get dispatching mode */
+	if (path_exist(_PATH_SYS_SYSTEM "/cpu/dispatching"))
+		desc->dispatching = path_getnum(_PATH_SYS_SYSTEM "/cpu/dispatching");
+	else
+		desc->dispatching = -1;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1065,6 +1083,8 @@ print_readable(struct lscpu_desc *desc, int hex)
 		print_s(_("Hypervisor vendor:"), hv_vendors[desc->hyper]);
 		print_s(_("Virtualization type:"), virt_types[desc->virtype]);
 	}
+	if (desc->dispatching >= 0)
+		print_s(_("Dispatching mode:"), disp_modes[desc->dispatching]);
 	if (desc->ncaches) {
 		char buf[512];
 		int i;