diff --git a/utils/cpuload/scheddebug/scheddebug.go b/utils/cpuload/scheddebug/scheddebug.go
index 6a9c4575..2861fdf0 100644
--- a/utils/cpuload/scheddebug/scheddebug.go
+++ b/utils/cpuload/scheddebug/scheddebug.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"path"
 	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ const (
 var (
 	// Scans cpu number, task group name, and number of running threads.
 	// TODO(rjnagal): cpu number is only used for debug. Remove it later.
-	schedRegExp  = regexp.MustCompile(`cfs_rq\[([0-9]+)\]:(.*)\n(?:.*\n)*?.*nr_running.*: ([0-9]+)`)
-	pollInterval = 1 * time.Second
+	schedRegExp       = regexp.MustCompile(`cfs_rq\[([0-9]+)\]:(.*)\n(?:.*\n)*?.*nr_running.*: ([0-9]+)`)
+	selfCgroupRegExp  = regexp.MustCompile(`cpu.*:(.*)\n`)
+	procLoadAvgRegExp = regexp.MustCompile(` ([0-9]+)/`)
+	pollInterval      = 1 * time.Second
 )
 
 type SchedReader struct {
 	quitChan      chan error // Used to cleanly shutdown housekeeping.
 	lastErrorTime time.Time  // Limit errors to one per minute.
+	selfCgroup    string     // Cgroup that cAdvisor is running under.
 	dataLock      sync.RWMutex
 	load          map[string]int // Load per container. Guarded by dataLock.
 }
@@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ func (self *SchedReader) Stop() {
 // there is a chance of sometimes picking the last cycle's data. We can solve that by
 // calling this housekeeping from globalhousekeeping if its an issue.
 func (self *SchedReader) housekeep() {
+	// We start all housekeeping threads around the same time.
+	// Phase shift load reader thread so it does not poll all housekeeping threads whenever it wakes up.
+	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 	ticker := time.Tick(pollInterval)
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -106,22 +112,54 @@ func (self *SchedReader) refresh() {
 			}
 			continue
 		}
-		glog.V(2).Infof("Load for %q on cpu %s: %d", cgroup, cpu, numRunning)
-		if strings.HasPrefix(cgroup, "/autogroup") {
-			// collapse all autogroups to root.
-			cgroup = "/"
+		glog.V(3).Infof("Load for %q on cpu %s: %d", cgroup, cpu, numRunning)
+		if numRunning == 0 {
+			continue
 		}
 		load[cgroup] += int(numRunning)
-		// Walk up the path and add load to all parent containers.
-		for cgroup != "/" {
-			cgroup = path.Dir(cgroup)
-			if cgroup == "." {
-				cgroup = "/"
-			}
-			load[cgroup] += int(numRunning)
+		// detect task group entry from parent's runnable count.
+		if cgroup != "/" {
+			parent := getParent(cgroup)
+			load[parent] -= 1
 		}
 	}
-	glog.V(2).Infof("New loads : %+v", load)
+	glog.V(3).Infof("New non-hierarchical loads : %+v", load)
+	// sort the keys and update parents in order.
+	var cgroups sort.StringSlice
+	for c := range load {
+		cgroups = append(cgroups, c)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(cgroups[:]))
+	for _, c := range cgroups {
+		// Add this task groups' processes to its parent.
+		if c != "/" {
+			parent := getParent(c)
+			load[parent] += load[c]
+		}
+		// Sometimes we catch a sched dump in middle of an update.
+		// TODO(rjnagal): Look into why the task hierarchy isn't fully filled sometimes.
+		if load[c] < 0 {
+			load[c] = 0
+		}
+	}
+	// Take off this cAdvisor thread from load calculation.
+	if self.selfCgroup != "" && load[self.selfCgroup] >= 1 {
+		load[self.selfCgroup] -= 1
+		// Deduct from all parents.
+		p := self.selfCgroup
+		for p != "/" {
+			p = getParent(p)
+			if load[p] >= 1 {
+				load[p] -= 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	glog.V(3).Infof("Derived task group loads : %+v", load)
+	rootLoad, err := getRootLoad()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Infof("failed to get root load: %v", err)
+	}
+	load["/"] = int(rootLoad)
 	self.dataLock.Lock()
 	defer self.dataLock.Unlock()
 	self.load = load
@@ -142,9 +180,52 @@ func (self *SchedReader) allowErrorLogging() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func getSelfCgroup() (string, error) {
+	out, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/self/cgroup")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read cgroup path for cAdvisor: %v", err)
+	}
+	matches := selfCgroupRegExp.FindSubmatch(out)
+	if len(matches) != 2 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not find cpu cgroup path in %q", string(out))
+	}
+	return string(matches[1]), nil
+}
+
+func getRootLoad() (int64, error) {
+	loadFile := "/proc/loadavg"
+	out, err := ioutil.ReadFile(loadFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to get load from %q: %v", loadFile, err)
+	}
+	matches := procLoadAvgRegExp.FindSubmatch(out)
+	if len(matches) != 2 {
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("could not find cpu load in %q", string(out))
+	}
+	numRunning, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(matches[1]), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("could not parse number of running processes from %q: %v", matches[1], err)
+	}
+	numRunning -= 1
+	return numRunning, nil
+}
+
+// Return parent cgroup name given an absolute cgroup name.
+func getParent(c string) string {
+	parent := path.Dir(c)
+	if parent == "." {
+		parent = "/"
+	}
+	return parent
+}
+
 func New() (*SchedReader, error) {
 	if !utils.FileExists(schedDebugPath) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sched debug file %q not accessible", schedDebugPath)
 	}
-	return &SchedReader{}, nil
+	selfCgroup, err := getSelfCgroup()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Infof("failed to get cgroup for cadvisor: %v", err)
+	}
+	return &SchedReader{selfCgroup: selfCgroup}, nil
 }