diff --git a/src/rust/Cargo.lock b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
index 09dc4940..fc49f606 100644
--- a/src/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -1505,6 +1505,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lqos_utils",
  "nix",
  "once_cell",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_queue_tracker/src/tracking/watched_queues.rs b/src/rust/lqos_queue_tracker/src/tracking/watched_queues.rs
index 5dd65901..9904e74a 100644
--- a/src/rust/lqos_queue_tracker/src/tracking/watched_queues.rs
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_queue_tracker/src/tracking/watched_queues.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::queue_structure::QUEUE_STRUCTURE;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use log::{info, warn};
 use lqos_bus::TcHandle;
+use lqos_sys::num_possible_cpus;
 use lqos_utils::unix_time::unix_now;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn expiration_in_the_future() -> u64 {
 
 pub fn add_watched_queue(circuit_id: &str) {
   //info!("Watching queue {circuit_id}");
-  let max = unsafe { lqos_sys::libbpf_num_possible_cpus() } * 2;
+  let max = num_possible_cpus().unwrap() * 2;
   {
     if WATCHED_QUEUES.contains_key(circuit_id) {
       warn!("Queue {circuit_id} is already being watched. Duplicate ignored.");
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_sys/Cargo.toml b/src/rust/lqos_sys/Cargo.toml
index f3b39f4e..86adf996 100644
--- a/src/rust/lqos_sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ log = "0"
 lqos_utils = { path = "../lqos_utils" }
 once_cell = "1"
 dashmap = "5"
+thiserror = "1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 bindgen = "0"
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/bpf_per_cpu_map.rs b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/bpf_per_cpu_map.rs
index 83b10cb3..f494c657 100644
--- a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/bpf_per_cpu_map.rs
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/bpf_per_cpu_map.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::{Error, Result};
 use libbpf_sys::{
   bpf_map_get_next_key, bpf_map_lookup_elem, bpf_obj_get,
-  libbpf_num_possible_cpus,
 };
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::{
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@ use std::{
   ptr::null_mut,
 };
 
+use crate::num_possible_cpus;
+
 /// Represents an underlying BPF map, accessed via the filesystem.
 /// `BpfMap` *only* talks to PER-CPU variants of maps.
 ///
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ where
   /// and allocating, calls `callback` for each key/value slice
   /// with references to the data returned from C.
   pub(crate) fn for_each(&self, callback: &mut dyn FnMut(&K, &[V])) {
-    let num_cpus = unsafe { libbpf_num_possible_cpus() };
+    let num_cpus = num_possible_cpus().unwrap();
     let mut prev_key: *mut K = null_mut();
     let mut key: K = K::default();
     let key_ptr: *mut K = &mut key;
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/cpu_map.rs b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/cpu_map.rs
index 6b75813d..e565d9a0 100644
--- a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/cpu_map.rs
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/cpu_map.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use anyhow::{Error, Result};
-use libbpf_sys::{bpf_map_update_elem, bpf_obj_get, libbpf_num_possible_cpus};
+use libbpf_sys::{bpf_map_update_elem, bpf_obj_get};
 use log::info;
 use std::{ffi::CString, os::raw::c_void};
 
+use crate::num_possible_cpus;
+
 //* Provides an interface for querying the number of CPUs eBPF can
 //* see, and marking CPUs as available. Currently marks ALL eBPF
 //* usable CPUs as available.
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ impl CpuMapping {
   }
 
   pub(crate) fn mark_cpus_available(&self) -> Result<()> {
-    let cpu_count = unsafe { libbpf_num_possible_cpus() } as u32;
+    let cpu_count = num_possible_cpus()?;
 
     let queue_size = 2048u32;
     let val_ptr: *const u32 = &queue_size;
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/lib.rs b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/lib.rs
index 495de395..31d01c8f 100644
--- a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ mod lqos_kernel;
 mod tcp_rtt;
 mod throughput;
 mod xdp_ip_address;
+mod linux;
 
 pub use heimdall_map::{
   heimdall_expire, heimdall_for_each, heimdall_watch_ip, set_heimdall_mode,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ pub use ip_mapping::{
   add_ip_to_tc, clear_ips_from_tc, del_ip_from_tc, list_mapped_ips,
 };
 pub use kernel_wrapper::LibreQoSKernels;
-pub use libbpf_sys::libbpf_num_possible_cpus;
+pub use linux::num_possible_cpus;
 pub use lqos_kernel::max_tracked_ips;
 pub use tcp_rtt::{rtt_for_each, RttTrackingEntry};
 pub use throughput::{throughput_for_each, HostCounter};
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/linux/mod.rs b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/linux/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae661a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/linux/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//! Ports of C code that is very Linux specific.
+
+mod possible_cpus;
+pub use possible_cpus::num_possible_cpus;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/linux/possible_cpus.rs b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/linux/possible_cpus.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b832b053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_sys/src/linux/possible_cpus.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use std::{fs::read_to_string, path::Path};
+
+use log::error;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+const POSSIBLE_CPUS_PATH: &str = "/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible";
+
+/// Query the number of available CPUs from `/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible`,
+/// and return the last digit (it will be formatted 0-3 or similar) plus one.
+/// So on a 16 CPU system, `0-15` will return `16`.
+pub fn num_possible_cpus() -> Result<u32, PossibleCpuError> {
+  let path = Path::new(POSSIBLE_CPUS_PATH);
+  if !path.exists() {
+    error!("Unable to read /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible");
+    return Err(PossibleCpuError::FileNotFound);
+  };
+
+  let file_contents = read_to_string(path);
+  if file_contents.is_err() {
+    error!("Unable to read contents of /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible");
+    error!("{file_contents:?}");
+    return Err(PossibleCpuError::UnableToRead);
+  }
+  let file_contents = file_contents.unwrap();
+
+  parse_cpu_string(&file_contents)
+}
+
+fn parse_cpu_string(possible_cpus: &str) -> Result<u32, PossibleCpuError> {
+  if let Some(last_digit) = possible_cpus.trim().split('-').last() {
+    if let Ok(n) = last_digit.parse::<u32>() {
+      Ok(n + 1)
+    } else {
+      error!("Unable to parse /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible");
+      error!("{possible_cpus}");
+      Err(PossibleCpuError::ParseError)
+    }
+  } else {
+    error!("Unable to parse /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible");
+    error!("{possible_cpus}");
+    Err(PossibleCpuError::ParseError)
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum PossibleCpuError {
+  #[error("Unable to access /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible")]
+  FileNotFound,
+  #[error("Unable to read /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible")]
+  UnableToRead,
+  #[error("Unable to parse contents of /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible")]
+  ParseError,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+  use super::*;
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_unable_to_parse() {
+    assert_eq!(parse_cpu_string("blah").err().unwrap(), PossibleCpuError::ParseError);
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_four_cpus() {
+    assert_eq!(4, parse_cpu_string("0-3").unwrap());
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_sixteen_cpus() {
+    assert_eq!(16, parse_cpu_string("0-15").unwrap());
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_againt_c() {
+    let cpu_count = unsafe { libbpf_sys::libbpf_num_possible_cpus() } as u32;
+    assert_eq!(cpu_count, num_possible_cpus().unwrap());
+  }
+}