diff --git a/host/build.gradle b/host/build.gradle
index 1e2195a..33fa3a9 100644
--- a/host/build.gradle
+++ b/host/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "com.instana.dc"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceDc.java b/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceDc.java
index 44cb964..5eb11f7 100644
--- a/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceDc.java
+++ b/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceDc.java
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 package com.instana.dc.host.impl.mqappliance;
 
 import com.instana.dc.host.AbstractHostDc;
-import com.instana.dc.host.HostDcUtil;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.ResourceAttributes;
@@ -33,6 +31,9 @@ public class MqApplianceDc extends AbstractHostDc {
     private Process process;
     protected BufferedReader bufferedReader;
 
+    private long cpuTime = 0;
+    private long cpuTimeIdle = 0;
+
     public MqApplianceDc(Map<String, Object> properties, String applianceSystem) {
         super(properties, applianceSystem);
         applianceHost = (String) properties.get(APPLIANCE_HOST);
@@ -102,7 +103,19 @@ public void collectData() {
                 if (tokens.length >= 7) {
                     String[] systemMetricsTokens = tokens[0].split(":");
                     if (systemMetricsTokens.length == 6) {
-                        getRawMetric(SYSTEM_CPU_TIME_NAME).setValue(MqApplianceUtil.getApplianceCpuUsageResults(Long.parseLong(systemMetricsTokens[0])));
+                        long cpuUsage = Long.parseLong(systemMetricsTokens[0]);
+                        if (cpuUsage >= 0) {
+                            long cpuTime1 = cpuTime + cpuUsage;
+                            long cpuTimeIdle1 = cpuTimeIdle + (100 - cpuUsage);
+                            if (cpuTime1 >= 0 && cpuTimeIdle1 >= 0) {
+                                cpuTime = cpuTime1;
+                                cpuTimeIdle = cpuTimeIdle1;
+                            } else { //Reset
+                                cpuTime = 0;
+                                cpuTimeIdle = 0;
+                            }
+                            getRawMetric(SYSTEM_CPU_TIME_NAME).setValue(MqApplianceUtil.getApplianceCpuUsageResults(cpuTime, cpuTimeIdle));
+                        }
                         getRawMetric(SYSTEM_CPU_LOAD1_NAME).setValue(Double.parseDouble(systemMetricsTokens[1]));
                         getRawMetric(SYSTEM_CPU_LOAD5_NAME).setValue(Double.parseDouble(systemMetricsTokens[2]));
                         getRawMetric(SYSTEM_CPU_LOAD15_NAME).setValue(Double.parseDouble(systemMetricsTokens[3]));
diff --git a/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceUtil.java b/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceUtil.java
index 7762604..a434fbc 100644
--- a/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceUtil.java
+++ b/host/src/main/java/com/instana/dc/host/impl/mqappliance/MqApplianceUtil.java
@@ -13,22 +13,19 @@
 public class MqApplianceUtil {
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MqApplianceUtil.class.getName());
 
-    public static List<SimpleQueryResult> getApplianceCpuUsageResults(Long cpuUsage) {
+    public static List<SimpleQueryResult> getApplianceCpuUsageResults(long cpuTime, long cpuTimeIdle) {
         List<SimpleQueryResult> results = new ArrayList<SimpleQueryResult>(2);
-        if (cpuUsage != null) {
-            SimpleQueryResult resultUser = new SimpleQueryResult(cpuUsage);
-            resultUser.setKey("user");
-            resultUser.setAttribute("cpu", "cpu");
-            resultUser.setAttribute("state", "user");
-            results.add(resultUser);
-            SimpleQueryResult resultIdle = new SimpleQueryResult(100 - cpuUsage);
-            resultIdle.setKey("idle");
-            resultIdle.setAttribute("cpu", "cpu");
-            resultIdle.setAttribute("state", "idle");
-            results.add(resultIdle);
-            return results;
-        }
-        return null;
+        SimpleQueryResult resultUser = new SimpleQueryResult(cpuTime);
+        resultUser.setKey("user");
+        resultUser.setAttribute("cpu", "cpu");
+        resultUser.setAttribute("state", "user");
+        results.add(resultUser);
+        SimpleQueryResult resultIdle = new SimpleQueryResult(cpuTimeIdle);
+        resultIdle.setKey("idle");
+        resultIdle.setAttribute("cpu", "cpu");
+        resultIdle.setAttribute("state", "idle");
+        results.add(resultIdle);
+        return results;
     }
 
     public static List<SimpleQueryResult> getApplianceMemUsageResults(Long usedMem, Long freeMem) {