diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afb4293..6aa0b69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Use e.g. `1` for stable v1.y.z releases and `latest` for bleeding/dev/unstable r
 - `HTTP_PORT` (defaults to `9995`): The HTTP server port.
 - `HTTP_PATH` (defaults to `nut`): The HTTP server metrics path. You may want to set it to `/metrics` on new setups to avoid extra Prometheus configuration (not changed here due to compatibility).
 - `PRINT_METRICS_AND_EXIT` (defaults to `false`): Print a Markdown-formatted table consisting of all metrics and then immediately exit. Used mainly for generating documentation.
+- `UPS_POWER_FROM_LOAD_PERCENTAGE` (defaults to `false`): when set to `true` and a value for `ups.power` is not available from a UPS, an approximate value will be calculated for the metric `nut_power_watts` (Apparent Power). Useful for UPS units that do not report the load in Watts, like some CyberPower units. The calculation will be: `( ups.load / 100.00 ) * ups.realpower.nominal`. 
 
 ## Metrics
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index c0b706f..3688a59 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub http_port: u16,
     pub http_path: String,
     pub print_metrics_and_exit: bool,
+    pub ups_power_from_load_percentage: bool,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ impl Config {
     const DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT: u16 = 9995;
     const DEFAULT_HTTP_PATH: &'static str = "/nut";
     const DEFAULT_PRINT_METRICS_AND_EXIT: bool = false;
+    const DEFAULT_UPS_POWER_FROM_LOAD_PERCENTAGE: bool = false;
 }
 
 pub fn read_config() -> Config {
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ pub fn read_config() -> Config {
         http_port: Config::DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT,
         http_path: Config::DEFAULT_HTTP_PATH.to_owned(),
         print_metrics_and_exit: Config::DEFAULT_PRINT_METRICS_AND_EXIT,
+        ups_power_from_load_percentage: Config::DEFAULT_UPS_POWER_FROM_LOAD_PERCENTAGE,
     };
 
     if let Ok(http_address_str) = std::env::var("HTTP_ADDRESS") {
@@ -31,7 +34,6 @@ pub fn read_config() -> Config {
             config.http_address = http_address;
         }
     }
-
     if let Ok(http_port_str) = std::env::var("HTTP_PORT") {
         if let Ok(http_port) = http_port_str.parse::<u16>() {
             config.http_port = http_port;
@@ -47,6 +49,11 @@ pub fn read_config() -> Config {
             config.print_metrics_and_exit = print_metrics_and_exit;
         }
     }
+    if let Ok(ups_power_from_load_percentage_str) = std::env::var("UPS_POWER_FROM_LOAD_PERCENTAGE") {
+        if let Ok(ups_power_from_load_percentage) = ups_power_from_load_percentage_str.parse::<bool>() {
+            config.ups_power_from_load_percentage = ups_power_from_load_percentage;
+        }
+    }
 
     config
 }
diff --git a/src/nut_client.rs b/src/nut_client.rs
index 124bc13..7ea08c1 100644
--- a/src/nut_client.rs
+++ b/src/nut_client.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 
 use crate::common::ErrorResult;
+use crate::config;
 use crate::metrics::{NutVersion, UPS_DESCRIPTION_PSEUDOVAR, UpsVarMap, VarMap};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -99,28 +100,52 @@ async fn query_nut_vars(stream: &mut BufReader<TcpStream>, upses: &mut UpsVarMap
     }
 
     for (ups, vars) in upses.iter_mut() {
-        let line_consumer = |line: &str| {
-            let captures_opt = VAR_PATTERN.captures(line);
-            match captures_opt {
-                Some(captures) => {
-                    let variable = captures["var"].to_owned();
-                    let value = captures["val"].to_owned();
-                    vars.insert(variable, value);
-                },
-                None => {
-                    return Err("Malformed list element for VAR list query.".into());
-                },
-            }
-
-            Ok(())
-        };
+        {
+            let line_consumer = |line: &str| {
+                let captures_opt = VAR_PATTERN.captures(line);
+                match captures_opt {
+                    Some(captures) => {
+                        let variable = captures["var"].to_owned();
+                        let value = captures["val"].to_owned();
+                        vars.insert(variable, value);
+                    },
+                    None => {
+                        return Err("Malformed list element for VAR list query.".into());
+                    },
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            };
+
+            query_nut_list(stream, format!("LIST VAR {}", ups).as_str(), line_consumer).await?;
+        }
 
-        query_nut_list(stream, format!("LIST VAR {}", ups).as_str(), line_consumer).await?;
+        override_nut_values(vars).await;
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
+
+async fn override_nut_values(vars: &mut HashMap<String, String>) {
+    let config = config::read_config();
+
+    // For UPS systems where ups.power is not available, but ups.load and ups.realpower.nominal are.
+    // Provide a calculated value for ups.power with the following algorithm:
+    //     power (W) = ( load(%) / 100.00 ) * nominal power (W)
+    if config.ups_power_from_load_percentage && !( vars.contains_key("ups.power") ) && vars.contains_key("ups.load") && vars.contains_key("ups.realpower.nominal") {
+        if let (Ok(load), Ok(nominal_power)) = (
+            vars.get("ups.load").unwrap().parse::<f64>(),
+            vars.get("ups.realpower.nominal").unwrap().parse::<f64>(),
+        ) {
+            let calculated_power = (load / 100.0) * nominal_power;
+            vars.insert(String::from("ups.power"), calculated_power.to_string());
+        } else {
+            log::error!("Unable to parse ups.load or ups.realpower.nominal as floats, skipping calculation of ups.power from these values");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 async fn query_nut_list<F>(stream: &mut BufReader<TcpStream>, query: &str, mut line_consumer: F) -> ErrorResult<()>
         where F: FnMut(&str) -> ErrorResult<()> + Send {
     let query_line = format!("{}\n", query);