diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
index b712a2660453..5dc53a333361 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <sys/vmmeter.h>
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <err.h>
@@ -322,6 +323,29 @@ S_timeval(int l2, void *p)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+static int
+S_vmtotal(int l2, void *p)
+{
+	struct vmtotal *v = (struct vmtotal *)p;
+
+	if (l2 != sizeof(*v)) {
+		warnx("S_vmtotal %d != %d", l2, sizeof(*v));
+		return (0);
+	}
+
+	printf("\nSystem wide totals computed every five seconds:\n");
+	printf("===============================================\n");
+	printf("Processes: (RUNQ:\t %hu Disk Wait: %hu Page Wait: %hu Sleep: %hu)\n",
+		v->t_rq, v->t_dw, v->t_pw, v->t_sl);
+	printf("Virtual Memory:\t\t (Total: %hu Active %hu)\n", v->t_vm, v->t_avm);
+	printf("Real Memory:\t\t (Total: %hu Active %hu)\n", v->t_rm, v->t_arm);
+	printf("Shared Virtual Memory:\t (Total: %hu Active: %hu)\n", v->t_vmshr, v->t_avmshr);
+	printf("Shared Real Memory:\t (Total: %hu Active: %hu)\n", v->t_rmshr, v->t_armshr);
+	printf("Free Memory Pages:\t %hu\n", v->t_free);
+	
+	return (0);
+}
+
 static int
 T_dev_t(int l2, void *p)
 {
@@ -587,6 +611,8 @@ show_var(int *oid, int nlen)
 			func = S_timeval;
 		else if (strcmp(fmt, "S,loadavg") == 0)
 			func = S_loadavg;
+		else if (strcmp(fmt, "S,vmtotal") == 0)
+			func = S_vmtotal;
 		else if (strcmp(fmt, "T,dev_t") == 0)
 			func = T_dev_t;
 		else
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_meter.c b/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
index cc50d7f84aa1..ae7850a54e37 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ vcnt(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 	return(error);
 }
 
-SYSCTL_PROC(_vm, VM_METER, vmmeter, CTLTYPE_OPAQUE|CTLFLAG_RD,
+SYSCTL_PROC(_vm, VM_TOTAL, vmtotal, CTLTYPE_OPAQUE|CTLFLAG_RD,
     0, sizeof(struct vmtotal), vmtotal, "S,vmtotal", 
     "System virtual memory statistics");
 SYSCTL_NODE(_vm, OID_AUTO, stats, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "VM meter stats");
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_param.h b/sys/vm/vm_param.h
index 795157fd8a24..959b35c8c8d9 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_param.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_param.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 /*
  * CTL_VM identifiers
  */
-#define	VM_METER		1	/* struct vmmeter */
+#define	VM_TOTAL		1	/* struct vmtotal */
 #define	VM_LOADAVG	 	2	/* struct loadavg */
 #define VM_V_FREE_MIN		3	/* cnt.v_free_min */
 #define VM_V_FREE_TARGET	4	/* cnt.v_free_target */
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 #define CTL_VM_NAMES { \
 	{ 0, 0 }, \
-	{ "vmmeter", CTLTYPE_STRUCT }, \
+	{ "vmtotal", CTLTYPE_STRUCT }, \
 	{ "loadavg", CTLTYPE_STRUCT }, \
 	{ "v_free_min", CTLTYPE_INT }, \
 	{ "v_free_target", CTLTYPE_INT }, \
diff --git a/usr.bin/systat/vmstat.c b/usr.bin/systat/vmstat.c
index 8f8f86800252..4697bc506cf2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/systat/vmstat.c
+++ b/usr.bin/systat/vmstat.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ getinfo(ls)
 
 	size = sizeof(ls->Total);
 	mib[0] = CTL_VM;
-	mib[1] = VM_METER;
+	mib[1] = VM_TOTAL;
 	if (sysctl(mib, 2, &ls->Total, &size, NULL, 0) < 0) {
 		error("Can't get kernel info: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		bzero(&ls->Total, sizeof(ls->Total));
diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
index 54c51ed09882..c67ca6189dc7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
+++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ dovmstat(interval, reps)
 		kread(X_SUM, &sum, sizeof(sum));
 		size = sizeof(total);
 		mib[0] = CTL_VM;
-		mib[1] = VM_METER;
+		mib[1] = VM_TOTAL;
 		if (sysctl(mib, 2, &total, &size, NULL, 0) < 0) {
 			(void)printf("Can't get kerninfo: %s\n",
 				     strerror(errno));