diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.yml b/MAINTAINERS.yml
index a3272c770cc83..95dfc21badaf2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.yml
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.yml
@@ -855,8 +855,6 @@ CPU Frequency Scaling:
     - seankyer
   files:
     - include/zephyr/cpu_freq/
-    - include/zephyr/cpu_load/
-    - subsys/cpu_load/
     - subsys/cpu_freq/
     - dts/bindings/p_state/
   labels:
diff --git a/doc/services/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand.rst b/doc/services/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand.rst
index ea1d3e15b093a..63026bc454715 100644
--- a/doc/services/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand.rst
+++ b/doc/services/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ On-Demand CPU Frequency Scaling Policy
 ######################################
 
 The On-Demand policy evaluates the current CPU load using the
-:ref:`CPU Load subsystem <cpu_load_subsys>`, and compares it to the trigger threshold defined by the
+:ref:`CPU Load metric <cpu_load_metric>`, and compares it to the trigger threshold defined by the
 SoC P-state definition.
 
 The On-Demand policy will iterate through the defined P-states and select the first P-state of which
diff --git a/doc/services/cpu_load/index.rst b/doc/services/cpu_load/index.rst
index 68fb257ebba20..5ed96621a05ee 100644
--- a/doc/services/cpu_load/index.rst
+++ b/doc/services/cpu_load/index.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.. _cpu_load_subsys:
+.. _cpu_load_metric:
 
 CPU Load
 ########
diff --git a/include/zephyr/cpu_load/cpu_load.h b/include/zephyr/sys/cpu_load.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/zephyr/cpu_load/cpu_load.h
rename to include/zephyr/sys/cpu_load.h
diff --git a/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt
index c8c56d7e07281..f609121077311 100644
--- a/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ zephyr_syscall_header_ifdef(CONFIG_FDTABLE
 
 zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_CBPRINTF_COMPLETE cbprintf_complete.c)
 zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_CBPRINTF_NANO cbprintf_nano.c)
+add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_CPU_LOAD_METRIC cpu_load)
 
 if(NOT CONFIG_PICOLIBC)
   zephyr_sources(cbprintf.c)
diff --git a/lib/os/Kconfig b/lib/os/Kconfig
index bca940023c6e5..978645f73324c 100644
--- a/lib/os/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/os/Kconfig
@@ -137,5 +137,6 @@ config POWEROFF
 
 rsource "Kconfig.cbprintf"
 rsource "zvfs/Kconfig"
+rsource "cpu_load/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/subsys/cpu_load/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/os/cpu_load/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from subsys/cpu_load/CMakeLists.txt
rename to lib/os/cpu_load/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/subsys/cpu_load/Kconfig b/lib/os/cpu_load/Kconfig
similarity index 87%
rename from subsys/cpu_load/Kconfig
rename to lib/os/cpu_load/Kconfig
index 7772a6695e717..4941cf8b1a47e 100644
--- a/subsys/cpu_load/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/os/cpu_load/Kconfig
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 menuconfig CPU_LOAD_METRIC
-	bool "CPU Load Subsystem"
+	bool "CPU Load Metric"
 	select EXPERIMENTAL
 	select THREAD_RUNTIME_STATS
 	select SCHED_THREAD_USAGE
 	select SCHED_THREAD_USAGE_ALL
 	select SCHED_THREAD_USAGE_AUTO_ENABLE
 	help
-	  CPU Load subsystem
+	  Tracking of CPU load statistics.
 
 if CPU_LOAD_METRIC
 
diff --git a/subsys/cpu_load/cpu_load.c b/lib/os/cpu_load/cpu_load.c
similarity index 100%
rename from subsys/cpu_load/cpu_load.c
rename to lib/os/cpu_load/cpu_load.c
diff --git a/subsys/CMakeLists.txt b/subsys/CMakeLists.txt
index 756214ad752d4..979fb92f5f442 100644
--- a/subsys/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/subsys/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_BINDESC bindesc)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_BT bluetooth)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_CONSOLE_SUBSYS console)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ cpu_freq)
-add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_CPU_LOAD_METRIC cpu_load)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_CRC crc)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_DAP dap)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_DEMAND_PAGING demand_paging)
diff --git a/subsys/Kconfig b/subsys/Kconfig
index f35a0d1c90680..380c0e5d94439 100644
--- a/subsys/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ source "subsys/bluetooth/Kconfig"
 source "subsys/canbus/Kconfig"
 source "subsys/console/Kconfig"
 source "subsys/cpu_freq/Kconfig"
-source "subsys/cpu_load/Kconfig"
 source "subsys/crc/Kconfig"
 source "subsys/dap/Kconfig"
 source "subsys/debug/Kconfig"
diff --git a/subsys/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand/on_demand.c b/subsys/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand/on_demand.c
index 41b9b733eabad..1cc1cdec78d62 100644
--- a/subsys/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand/on_demand.c
+++ b/subsys/cpu_freq/policies/on_demand/on_demand.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/logging/log.h>
 #include <zephyr/cpu_freq/policy.h>
 #include <zephyr/cpu_freq/cpu_freq.h>
-#include <zephyr/cpu_load/cpu_load.h>
+#include <zephyr/sys/cpu_load.h>
 
 LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(cpu_freq_policy_on_demand, CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_LOG_LEVEL);